ἄλισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word does not contain ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.liz.ma/ → /ˈa.liz.ma/ → /ˈa.liz.ma/

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

Noun

ἄλισμᾰ • (álismă) n (genitive ἀλίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

   Synonym: ἄσκυρον (áskuron)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄλισμᾰ; τοῦ ἀλίσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄλισμᾰ tò álismă	τὼ ἀλίσμᾰτε tṑ alísmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ tằ alísmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλίσμᾰτος toû alísmătos	τοῖν ἀλισμᾰ́τοιν toîn alismắtoin	τῶν ἀλισμᾰ́των tôn alismắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλίσμᾰτῐ tōî alísmătĭ	τοῖν ἀλισμᾰ́τοιν toîn alismắtoin	τοῖς ἀλίσμᾰσῐ / ἀλίσμᾰσῐν toîs alísmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄλισμᾰ tò álismă	τὼ ἀλίσμᾰτε tṑ alísmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ tằ alísmătă
Vocative	ἄλισμᾰ álismă	ἀλίσμᾰτε alísmăte	ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ alísmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: alisma
  • → Translingual: Alisma

References

• “ἄλισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλισμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN