ἔλασμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.laz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.laz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.laz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.laz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.laz.ma/
Noun
ἔλᾰσμᾰ • (élasma) n (genitive ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension
- metal plate
- (medicine) general name for probes or other surgical instruments
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ tò élasma | τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ elásmate | τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà elásmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû elásmatos | τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn elasmátoin | τῶν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn elasmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi elásmati | τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn elasmátoin | τοῖς ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs elásmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ tò élasma | τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ elásmate | τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà elásmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔλᾰσμᾰ élasma | ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε elásmate | ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ elásmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έλασμα (élasma)
Further reading
- “ἔλασμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔλασμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette