βδέσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βδέω (bdéō, “I break wind”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bdéz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbdez.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβðez.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvðez.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvðez.ma/
Noun
βδέσμᾰ • (bdésmă) n (genitive βδέσμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésmă |
τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmăte |
τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ bdésmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βδέσμᾰτος toû bdésmătos |
τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmắtoin |
τῶν βδεσμᾰ́των tôn bdesmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βδέσμᾰτῐ tōî bdésmătĭ |
τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmắtoin |
τοῖς βδέσμᾰσῐ / βδέσμᾰσῐν toîs bdésmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésmă |
τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmăte |
τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tằ bdésmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βδέσμᾰ bdésmă |
βδέσμᾰτε bdésmăte |
βδέσμᾰτᾰ bdésmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βδέσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βδέσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette