ὕφασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑφάζω (hupházō, “to weave”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.pʰaz.ma/ → /ˈy.ɸaz.ma/ → /ˈi.faz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pʰaz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pʰaz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ɸaz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.faz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.faz.ma/

Noun

ὕφασμᾰ • (húphasma) n (genitive ὑφάσμᾰτος); third declension

1. woven robe, web

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὕφασμᾰ; τοῦ ὑφάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὕφασμᾰ tò húphasma	τὼ ὑφάσμᾰτε tṑ huphásmate	τᾰ̀ ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ tà huphásmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὑφάσμᾰτος toû huphásmatos	τοῖν ὑφασμᾰ́τοιν toîn huphasmátoin	τῶν ὑφασμᾰ́των tôn huphasmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὑφάσμᾰτῐ tôi huphásmati	τοῖν ὑφασμᾰ́τοιν toîn huphasmátoin	τοῖς ὑφάσμᾰσῐ / ὑφάσμᾰσῐν toîs huphásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὕφασμᾰ tò húphasma	τὼ ὑφάσμᾰτε tṑ huphásmate	τᾰ̀ ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ tà huphásmata
Vocative	ὕφασμᾰ húphasma	ὑφάσμᾰτε huphásmate	ὑφάσμᾰτᾰ huphásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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