βλάστημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλαστάνω (blastánō, “to bud, sprout, grow”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλάστημᾰ • (blástēmă) n (genitive βλαστήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. sprout, shoot
  2. offspring, offshoot
  3. (pathology) excrescence, eruption on the skin

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βλάστημᾰ; τοῦ βλαστήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βλάστημᾰ
tò blástēmă 		τὼ βλαστήμᾰτε
tṑ blastḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ βλαστήμᾰτᾰ
tằ blastḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ βλαστήμᾰτος
toû blastḗmătos 		τοῖν βλαστημᾰ́τοιν
toîn blastēmắtoin 		τῶν βλαστημᾰ́των
tôn blastēmắtōn
Dative τῷ βλαστήμᾰτῐ
tōî blastḗmătĭ 		τοῖν βλαστημᾰ́τοιν
toîn blastēmắtoin 		τοῖς βλαστήμᾰσῐ / βλαστήμᾰσῐν
toîs blastḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ βλάστημᾰ
tò blástēmă 		τὼ βλαστήμᾰτε
tṑ blastḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ βλαστήμᾰτᾰ
tằ blastḗmătă
Vocative βλάστημᾰ
blástēmă 		βλαστήμᾰτε
blastḗmăte 		βλαστήμᾰτᾰ
blastḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: blastema

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