βλάσφημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From a root *blas-, *mlas-, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blás.pʰɛː.mos/ → /ˈβlas.ɸi.mos/ → /ˈvlas.fi.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blás.pʰɛː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈblas.pʰe̝.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβlas.ɸi.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/

Adjective

βλᾰ́σφημος • (blásphēmos) m or f (neuter βλᾰ́σφημον); second declension

1. uttering ill-omened words; jinx
2. reviling, defaming
3. (of words) slanderous, libellous
4. uttering impious words; blasphemous

Inflection

Second declension of βλάσφημος; βλάσφημον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βλάσφημος blásphēmos	βλάσφημον blásphēmon		βλασφήμω blasphḗmō	βλασφήμω blasphḗmō		βλάσφημοι blásphēmoi	βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma
Genitive		βλασφήμου blasphḗmou	βλασφήμου blasphḗmou		βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin	βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin		βλασφήμων blasphḗmōn	βλασφήμων blasphḗmōn
Dative		βλασφήμῳ blasphḗmōi	βλασφήμῳ blasphḗmōi		βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin	βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin		βλασφήμοις blasphḗmois	βλασφήμοις blasphḗmois
Accusative		βλάσφημον blásphēmon	βλάσφημον blásphēmon		βλασφήμω blasphḗmō	βλασφήμω blasphḗmō		βλασφήμους blasphḗmous	βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma
Vocative		βλάσφημε blásphēme	βλάσφημον blásphēmon		βλασφήμω blasphḗmō	βλασφήμω blasphḗmō		βλάσφημοι blásphēmoi	βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βλασφήμως blasphḗmōs			βλασφημότερος blasphēmóteros			βλασφημότᾰτος blasphēmótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• βλασφημόγλωσσος (blasphēmóglōssos)

Derived terms

• βλασφημέω (blasphēméō)

Related terms

• βλασφημίᾱ (blasphēmíā)

Descendants

• Latin: blasphēmus (see there for further descendants)

References

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