φράγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φράσσω (phrássō, “I fence”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰráŋ.ma/ → /ˈɸraɣ.ma/ → /ˈfraɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰráŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰraɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸraɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfraɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfraɣ.ma/

Noun

φράγμᾰ • (phrágmă) n (genitive φράγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A fence, a screen, a breastwork
   1. Any means of defence, a protection
   2. A boom placed in a harbour
   3. A contrivance for catching fish

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ φρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrắgmă	τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrắgmăte	τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ phrắgmătă
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû phrắgmătos	τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phrăgmắtoin	τῶν φρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn phrăgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi phrắgmătĭ	τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phrăgmắtoin	τοῖς φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs phrắgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrắgmă	τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrắgmăte	τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ phrắgmătă
Vocative	φρᾰ́γμᾰ phrắgmă	φρᾰ́γμᾰτε phrắgmăte	φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ phrắgmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: phragma

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek φράγμα (phrágma), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō).

Noun

φράγμα • (frágma) n (plural φράγματα)

1. barrier
2. dam, barrage

Declension

Declension of φράγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	φράγμα (frágma)	φράγματα (frágmata)
genitive	φράγματος (frágmatos)	φραγμάτων (fragmáton)
accusative	φράγμα (frágma)	φράγματα (frágmata)
vocative	φράγμα (frágma)	φράγματα (frágmata)

Related terms

• φραγμός m (fragmós, “restraint, barrier”)

Further reading

• φράγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el