μάλαγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαλάσσω (malássō, “to mollify, to knead”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.laŋ.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɡ.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/

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Noun

μάλαγμᾰ • (málagma) n (genitive μαλάγμᾰτος); third declension

(medicine) An emollient, a cataplasm
A padding used in sieges to blunt the force of engines and weapons

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μάλαγμᾰ; τοῦ μαλάγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μάλαγμᾰ tò málagma	τὼ μαλάγμᾰτε tṑ malágmate	τᾰ̀ μαλάγμᾰτᾰ tà malágmata
Genitive	τοῦ μαλάγμᾰτος toû malágmatos	τοῖν μαλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn malagmátoin	τῶν μαλαγμᾰ́των tôn malagmátōn
Dative	τῷ μαλάγμᾰτῐ tôi malágmati	τοῖν μαλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn malagmátoin	τοῖς μαλάγμᾰσῐ / μαλάγμᾰσῐν toîs malágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μάλαγμᾰ tò málagma	τὼ μαλάγμᾰτε tṑ malágmate	τᾰ̀ μαλάγμᾰτᾰ tà malágmata
Vocative	μάλαγμᾰ málagma	μαλάγμᾰτε malágmate	μαλάγμᾰτᾰ malágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μάλαμα (málama)
→ Arabic: مَلْغَم‎ (malḡam)
- → Medieval Latin: amalgama
  - → Belarusian: амальга́ма (amalʹháma)
  - → Bulgarian: амалга̀ма (amalgàma)
  - → Catalan: amalgama
  - → Czech: amalgám
  - → Danish: amalgam
  - → Dutch: amalgaam
    - Afrikaans: amalgaam
  - → English: amalgam
  - → Finnish: amalgaami
  - → French: amalgame
    - → Greek: αμάλγαμα (amálgama)
    - → Latvian: amalgama
    - → Lithuanian: amalgamà
  - → Galician: amálgama
  - → German: Amalgam
  - → Icelandic: amalgam
  - → Italian: amalgama
  - → Macedonian: амалгам (amalgam)
  - → Malay: amalgam
  - → Norwegian: amalgam
  - → Occitan: amalgama
  - → Polish: amalgamat
  - → Portuguese: amálgama
  - → Romanian: amalgam
  - → Russian: амальга́ма (amalʹgáma)
    - → Kazakh: амальгама (amalʹgama)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    - Cyrillic: ама̀лга̄м
    - Latin: amàlgām
  - → Slovak: amalgám
  - → Slovene: amalgám
  - → Spanish: amalgama
  - → Swedish: amalgam
  - → Ukrainian: амальга́ма (amalʹháma)
- → Persian: ملغمه‎‎‎ (malğame)
  - → Turkish: malgama / ملغمه‎
→ Latin: malagma