ᾆσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âːi̯z.ma/ → /ˈaz.ma/ → /ˈaz.ma/

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

Noun

ᾆσμα • (âisma) n (genitive ᾆσματος); third declension

1. (music) song, lyric ode, hymn

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾆσμᾰ; τοῦ ᾄσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾆσμᾰ tò âisma	τὼ ᾄσμᾰτε tṑ ā́ismate	τᾰ̀ ᾄσμᾰτᾰ tà ā́ismata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾄσμᾰτος toû ā́ismatos	τοῖν ᾀσμᾰ́τοιν toîn āismátoin	τῶν ᾀσμᾰ́των tôn āismátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾄσμᾰτῐ tôi ā́ismati	τοῖν ᾀσμᾰ́τοιν toîn āismátoin	τοῖς ᾄσμᾰσῐ / ᾄσμᾰσῐν toîs ā́ismasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾆσμᾰ tò âisma	τὼ ᾄσμᾰτε tṑ ā́ismate	τᾰ̀ ᾄσμᾰτᾰ tà ā́ismata
Vocative	ᾆσμᾰ âisma	ᾄσμᾰτε ā́ismate	ᾄσμᾰτᾰ ā́ismata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: asma

References

• “ᾆσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ᾆσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ᾆσμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)