πλάτυσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλᾰτῠ́νω (platúnō, “to widen”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plá.tyz.ma/ → /ˈpla.tyz.ma/ → /ˈpla.tiz.ma/

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

Noun

πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ • (plátusma) n (genitive πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. flat object, such as a tile, plate, plaster, etc.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ; τοῦ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ tò plátusma	τὼ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ platúsmate	τᾰ̀ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà platúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτος toû platúsmatos	τοῖν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn platusmátoin	τῶν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́των tôn platusmátōn
Dative	τῷ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi platúsmati	τοῖν πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn platusmátoin	τοῖς πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs platúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ tò plátusma	τὼ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ platúsmate	τᾰ̀ πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà platúsmata
Vocative	πλᾰ́τῠσμᾰ plátusma	πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτε platúsmate	πλᾰτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ platúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πλᾰτῠσμᾰ́τῐον (platusmátion, diminutive)

Descendants

• → New Latin: platysma
  • → English: platysma

Further reading

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