χρῖσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρίω (khríō, “to smear or rub with, to coat”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrîːz.ma/ → /ˈxriz.ma/ → /ˈxriz.ma/

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

Noun

χρῖσμᾰ • (khrîsmă) n (genitive χρῑ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. anointing, unction
2. wall coating, plaster

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χρῖσμᾰ; τοῦ χρῑ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρῖσμᾰ tò khrîsmă	τὼ χρῑ́σμᾰτε tṑ khrī́smăte	τᾰ̀ χρῑ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ khrī́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ χρῑ́σμᾰτος toû khrī́smătos	τοῖν χρῑσμᾰ́τοιν toîn khrīsmắtoin	τῶν χρῑσμᾰ́των tôn khrīsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ χρῑ́σμᾰτῐ tōî khrī́smătĭ	τοῖν χρῑσμᾰ́τοιν toîn khrīsmắtoin	τοῖς χρῑ́σμᾰσῐ / χρῑ́σμᾰσῐν toîs khrī́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χρῖσμᾰ tò khrîsmă	τὼ χρῑ́σμᾰτε tṑ khrī́smăte	τᾰ̀ χρῑ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ khrī́smătă
Vocative	χρῖσμᾰ khrîsmă	χρῑ́σμᾰτε khrī́smăte	χρῑ́σμᾰτᾰ khrī́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• χρῖμα (khrîma)

Descendants

• → Latin: chrisma, crisma
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cresima
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • ⇒ Old French: cresme, creme (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒? Latin: crismon
  • → English: chrismon
  • → German: Chrismon

References

• “χρῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χρῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χρῖσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette