ᾆσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âːi̯z.ma/ → /ˈaz.ma/ → /ˈaz.ma/

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

Noun

ᾆσμα • (âisma) n (genitive ᾄσματος); third declension

1. (music) song, lyric ode, hymn

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾆσμᾰ; τοῦ ᾄσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾆσμᾰ tò âismă	τὼ ᾄσμᾰτε tṑ ā́ismăte	τᾰ̀ ᾄσμᾰτᾰ tằ ā́ismătă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾄσμᾰτος toû ā́ismătos	τοῖν ᾀσμᾰ́τοιν toîn āismắtoin	τῶν ᾀσμᾰ́των tôn āismắtōn
Dative	τῷ ᾄσμᾰτῐ tôi ā́ismătĭ	τοῖν ᾀσμᾰ́τοιν toîn āismắtoin	τοῖς ᾄσμᾰσῐ / ᾄσμᾰσῐν toîs ā́ismăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾆσμᾰ tò âismă	τὼ ᾄσμᾰτε tṑ ā́ismăte	τᾰ̀ ᾄσμᾰτᾰ tằ ā́ismătă
Vocative	ᾆσμᾰ âismă	ᾄσμᾰτε ā́ismăte	ᾄσμᾰτᾰ ā́ismătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: āsma

References

• “ᾆσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ᾆσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ᾆσμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)