πτύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýz.ma/ → /ˈptyz.ma/ → /ˈptiz.ma/

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

Noun

πτύσμᾰ • (ptúsma) n (genitive πτύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. sputum
   1. serpent's venom

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptúsma	τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptúsmate	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ptúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος toû ptúsmatos	τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptusmátoin	τῶν πτῠσμᾰ́των tôn ptusmátōn
Dative	τῷ πτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi ptúsmati	τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptusmátoin	τοῖς πτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ptúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptúsma	τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptúsmate	τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ptúsmata
Vocative	πτῠ́σμᾰ ptúsma	πτῠ́σμᾰτε ptúsmate	πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ ptúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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