θλάσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θλάω (thláō, “I crush, I bruise”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰláz.ma/ → /ˈθlaz.ma/ → /ˈθlaz.ma/

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

Noun

θλάσμᾰ • (thlásma) n (genitive θλάσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A bruise, a contusion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ; τοῦ θλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ tò thlásma	τὼ θλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ thlásmate	τᾰ̀ θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà thlásmata
Genitive	τοῦ θλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû thlásmatos	τοῖν θλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn thlasmátoin	τῶν θλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn thlasmátōn
Dative	τῷ θλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi thlásmati	τοῖν θλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn thlasmátoin	τοῖς θλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / θλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs thlásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θλᾰ́σμᾰ tò thlásma	τὼ θλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ thlásmate	τᾰ̀ θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà thlásmata
Vocative	θλᾰ́σμᾰ thlásma	θλᾰ́σμᾰτε thlásmate	θλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ thlásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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