κτίσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κτίζω (ktízō, “to found, to build”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktíz.ma/ → /ˈktiz.ma/ → /ˈktiz.ma/

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

Noun

κτίσμᾰ • (ktísma) n (genitive κτίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. colony, foundation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ; τοῦ κτῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ tò ktísma	τὼ κτῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ ktísmate	τᾰ̀ κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ktísmata
Genitive	τοῦ κτῐ́σμᾰτος toû ktísmatos	τοῖν κτῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ktismátoin	τῶν κτῐσμᾰ́των tôn ktismátōn
Dative	τῷ κτῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi ktísmati	τοῖν κτῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ktismátoin	τοῖς κτῐ́σμᾰσῐ / κτῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ktísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῐ́σμᾰ tò ktísma	τὼ κτῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ ktísmate	τᾰ̀ κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ktísmata
Vocative	κτῐ́σμᾰ ktísma	κτῐ́σμᾰτε ktísmate	κτῐ́σμᾰτᾰ ktísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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

Greek

Alternative forms

• χτίσμα n (chtísma)

Noun

κτίσμα • (ktísma) n (plural κτίσματα)

1. building, construction
2. creation

Declension

Declension of κτίσμα

	singular	plural
nominative	κτίσμα •	κτίσματα •
genitive	κτίσματος •	κτισμάτων •
accusative	κτίσμα •	κτίσματα •
vocative	κτίσμα •	κτίσματα •