βλῆμα

βλῆμα

See also: βλήμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βάλλω (bállō, “throw”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈβli.ma/ → /ˈvli.ma/

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

Noun

βλῆμᾰ • (blêma) n (genitive βλήμᾰτος); third declension

1. a throw, cast of dice
2. a missile (thrown weapon)
3. a shot, wound
4. coverlet

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βλῆμᾰ; τοῦ βλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βλῆμᾰ tò blêma	τὼ βλήμᾰτε tṑ blḗmate	τᾰ̀ βλήμᾰτᾰ tà blḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ βλήμᾰτος toû blḗmatos	τοῖν βλημᾰ́τοιν toîn blēmátoin	τῶν βλημᾰ́των tôn blēmátōn
Dative	τῷ βλήμᾰτῐ tôi blḗmati	τοῖν βλημᾰ́τοιν toîn blēmátoin	τοῖς βλήμᾰσῐ / βλήμᾰσῐν toîs blḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ βλῆμᾰ tò blêma	τὼ βλήμᾰτε tṑ blḗmate	τᾰ̀ βλήμᾰτᾰ tà blḗmata
Vocative	βλῆμᾰ blêma	βλήμᾰτε blḗmate	βλήμᾰτᾰ blḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπίβλημα (epíblēma)

References

• “βλῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλῆμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cast idem, page 116.
  • throw idem, page 871.