διάψαλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰ- (dia-, “apart”) +‎ ψᾰ́λμᾰ (psálma, “psalm”); hence literally “apart from the psalm”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áp.sal.ma/ → /ðiˈap.sal.ma/ → /ðiˈap.sal.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áp.sal.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈap.sal.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.sal.ma/

Noun

δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ • (diápsalma) n (genitive δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος); third declension

1. (music) musical interlude

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ tò diápsalma	τὼ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ diapsálmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà diapsálmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτος toû diapsálmatos	τοῖν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn diapsalmátoin	τῶν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́των tôn diapsalmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi diapsálmati	τοῖν δῐᾰψᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn diapsalmátoin	τοῖς δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs diapsálmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ tò diápsalma	τὼ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ diapsálmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà diapsálmata
Vocative	δῐᾰ́ψᾰλμᾰ diápsalma	δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτε diapsálmate	δῐᾰψᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ diapsálmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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