φθέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, “to make a sound”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰéŋ.ma/ → /ˈɸθeɣ.ma/ → /ˈfθeɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰéŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰeɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸθeɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfθeɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfθeɣ.ma/

Noun

φθέγμα • (phthégma) n (genitive φθέγματος); third declension

1. voice

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φθέγμᾰ; τοῦ φθέγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φθέγμᾰ tò phthégmă	τὼ φθέγμᾰτε tṑ phthégmăte	τᾰ̀ φθέγμᾰτᾰ tằ phthégmătă
Genitive	τοῦ φθέγμᾰτος toû phthégmătos	τοῖν φθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phthegmắtoin	τῶν φθεγμᾰ́των tôn phthegmắtōn
Dative	τῷ φθέγμᾰτῐ tôi phthégmătĭ	τοῖν φθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phthegmắtoin	τοῖς φθέγμᾰσῐ / φθέγμᾰσῐν toîs phthégmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ φθέγμᾰ tò phthégmă	τὼ φθέγμᾰτε tṑ phthégmăte	τᾰ̀ φθέγμᾰτᾰ tằ phthégmătă
Vocative	φθέγμᾰ phthégmă	φθέγμᾰτε phthégmăte	φθέγμᾰτᾰ phthégmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πρόσφθεγμα (prósphthegma)

Related terms

• φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai)
• φθεγκτικός (phthenktikós)
• φθεγκτός (phthenktós)
• φθεγματικός (phthegmatikós)
• φθογγήεις (phthongḗeis)
• φθόγγος (phthóngos)

References

• “φθέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φθέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φθέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette