πτύσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptýz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈptiz.ma/
Noun
πτύσμᾰ • (ptúsma) n (genitive πτύσμᾰτος); third declension
- sputum
- serpent's venom
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptúsma | τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptúsmate | τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ptúsmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος toû ptúsmatos | τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptusmátoin | τῶν πτῠσμᾰ́των tôn ptusmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi ptúsmati | τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptusmátoin | τοῖς πτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ptúsmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptúsma | τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptúsmate | τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà ptúsmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτῠ́σμᾰ ptúsma | πτῠ́σμᾰτε ptúsmate | πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ ptúsmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πτύσμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette