diaphragma

See also: Diaphragma

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: diaphragmas, diaphragmât

Verb

diaphragma

1. third-person singular past historic of diaphragmer

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /di.aˈpʰraɡ.ma/, [d̪iäˈpʰräɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.aˈfraɡ.ma/, [d̪iäˈfräɡmä]

Noun

diaphragma n (genitive diaphragmatis); third declension

1. diaphragm (all senses)
2. septum, partition
3. midriff

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	diaphragma	diaphragmata
genitive	diaphragmatis	diaphragmatum
dative	diaphragmatī	diaphragmatibus
accusative	diaphragma	diaphragmata
ablative	diaphragmate	diaphragmatibus
vocative	diaphragma	diaphragmata

References

• “diaphragma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• diaphragma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.