πόλισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πόλις (pólis) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pó.liz.ma/ → /ˈpo.liz.ma/ → /ˈpo.liz.ma/

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

Noun

πολίσμᾰ • (polísmă) n (genitive πολίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. the buildings of a city, cityscape

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πόλισμᾰ; τοῦ πολίσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πόλισμᾰ tò pólismă	τὼ πολίσμᾰτε tṑ polísmăte	τᾰ̀ πολίσμᾰτᾰ tằ polísmătă
Genitive	τοῦ πολίσμᾰτος toû polísmătos	τοῖν πολισμᾰ́τοιν toîn polismắtoin	τῶν πολισμᾰ́των tôn polismắtōn
Dative	τῷ πολίσμᾰτῐ tôi polísmătĭ	τοῖν πολισμᾰ́τοιν toîn polismắtoin	τοῖς πολίσμᾰσῐ / πολίσμᾰσῐν toîs polísmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πόλισμᾰ tò pólismă	τὼ πολίσμᾰτε tṑ polísmăte	τᾰ̀ πολίσμᾰτᾰ tằ polísmătă
Vocative	πόλισμᾰ pólismă	πολίσμᾰτε polísmăte	πολίσμᾰτᾰ polísmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• πόλισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πόλισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • city idem, page 133.
  • township idem, page 884.