φράγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φράσσω (phrássō, “I fence”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰráŋ.ma/ → /ˈɸraɣ.ma/ → /ˈfraɣ.ma/

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

Noun

φράγμᾰ • (phrágma) n (genitive φράγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A fence, a screen, a breastwork
   1. Any means of defence, a protection
   2. A boom placed in a harbour
   3. A contrivance for catching fish

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ φρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrágma	τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrágmate	τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà phrágmata
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû phrágmatos	τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phragmátoin	τῶν φρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn phragmátōn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi phrágmati	τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phragmátoin	τοῖς φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs phrágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrágma	τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrágmate	τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà phrágmata
Vocative	φρᾰ́γμᾰ phrágma	φρᾰ́γμᾰτε phrágmate	φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ phrágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: phragma

Further reading

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

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Greek

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek φράγμα (phrágma), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō).

Noun

φράγμα • (frágma) n (plural φράγματα)

1. barrier
2. dam, barrage

Declension

Declension of φράγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	φράγμα •	φράγματα •
genitive	φράγματος •	φραγμάτων •
accusative	φράγμα •	φράγματα •
vocative	φράγμα •	φράγματα •

Related terms

• φραγμός m (fragmós, “restraint, barrier”)