πτύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýz.ma/ → /ˈptyz.ma/ → /ˈptiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptýz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈptiz.ma/

Noun

πτύσμᾰ • (ptúsmă) n (genitive πτύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. sputum
   1. serpent's venom

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptŭ́smă	τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ptŭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος toû ptŭ́smătos	τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptŭsmắtoin	τῶν πτῠσμᾰ́των tôn ptŭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi ptŭ́smătĭ	τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptŭsmắtoin	τοῖς πτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ptŭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptŭ́smă	τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ptŭ́smătă
Vocative	πτῠ́σμᾰ ptŭ́smă	πτῠ́σμᾰτε ptŭ́smăte	πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ ptŭ́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πτύσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πτύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette