phlegma

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Noun[edit]

phlegma n (genitive phlegmatis); third declension

  1. phlegm

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative phlegma phlegmata
Genitive phlegmatis phlegmatum
Dative phlegmatī phlegmatibus
Accusative phlegma phlegmata
Ablative phlegmate phlegmatibus
Vocative phlegma phlegmata

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: flemma
  • Polish: flegma
  • Portuguese: flegma, fleuma, fleima
  • Spanish: flema

References[edit]

  • phlegma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phlegma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

phlegma f (plural phlegmas)

  1. Obsolete form of fleuma.
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