παραπέτασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραπετάννυμαι (parapetánnumai, “to be hung before”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pé.taz.ma/ → /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/ → /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pé.taz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈpe.taz.ma/

Noun

πᾰρᾰπέτᾰσμᾰ • (parapétasma) n (genitive πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is spread before a thing, hanging, curtain
2. (figuratively) screen, cover
3. (in the plural) mantlets

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πᾰρᾰπέτᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰρᾰπέτᾰσμᾰ tò parapétasma	τὼ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ parapetásmate	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà parapetásmata
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτος toû parapetásmatos	τοῖν πᾰρᾰπετᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn parapetasmátoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰπετᾰσμᾰ́των tôn parapetasmátōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi parapetásmati	τοῖν πᾰρᾰπετᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn parapetasmátoin	τοῖς πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs parapetásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πᾰρᾰπέτᾰσμᾰ tò parapétasma	τὼ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ parapetásmate	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà parapetásmata
Vocative	πᾰρᾰπέτᾰσμᾰ parapétasma	πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτε parapetásmate	πᾰρᾰπετᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ parapetásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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