δρᾶμα
See also: δράμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δράω (dráō) + -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drâː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdra.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðra.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðra.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðra.ma/
Noun
δρᾶμᾰ • (drâma) n (genitive δρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension
- a deed, act
- one of the three types of ancient Greek poetry (the other two are epic and lyric poetry)
- a play, an action represented on the stage (a tragedy, a comedy, or a satyr play)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ δρᾶμᾰ; τοῦ δρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâma | τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́mate | τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà drā́mata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δρᾱ́μᾰτος toû drā́matos | τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmátoin | τῶν δρᾱμᾰ́των tôn drāmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi drā́mati | τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmátoin | τοῖς δρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / δρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs drā́masi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâma | τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́mate | τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà drā́mata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρᾶμᾰ drâma | δρᾱ́μᾰτε drā́mate | δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ drā́mata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δραματικός (dramatikós)
- δραμάτιον (dramátion)
- δραματοποιέω (dramatopoiéō)
- δραματοποιΐα (dramatopoiḯa)
- δραματουργέω (dramatourgéō)
- δραματούργημα (dramatoúrgēma)
- δραματουργία (dramatourgía)
- δραματουργός (dramatourgós)
Descendants
- Greek: δράμα (dráma)
- → Georgian: დრამა (drama)
- → Hebrew: דרמה (drama)
- → Late Latin: drāma (see there for further descendants)
References
- “δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δρᾶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρᾶμα 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.
- drama idem, page 250.
- exhibition idem, page 291.
- piece idem, page 611.
- play idem, page 618.
- representation idem, page 697.
- drama in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911