βλάσφημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *mləspʰāmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-s-bʰeh₂-mo-s, from *(s)mel- (“to deceive”)^[1] + φημί (phēmí, “I say”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective-forming suffix).^[2] Beekes is implicitly skeptical of the connection of the first syllable to *(s)mel-, however, and leaves the first syllable's origin open.^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blás.pʰɛː.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈblas.pʰe̝.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβlas.ɸi.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/

Adjective

βλᾰ́σφημος • (blắsphēmos) m or f (neuter βλᾰ́σφημον); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of βλᾰ́σφημος; βλᾰ́σφημον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βλᾰ́σφημος blắsphēmos	βλᾰ́σφημον blắsphēmon	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰ́σφημοι blắsphēmoi	βλᾰ́σφημᾰ blắsphēmă
Genitive	βλᾰσφήμου blăsphḗmou	βλᾰσφήμου blăsphḗmou	βλᾰσφήμοιν blăsphḗmoin	βλᾰσφήμοιν blăsphḗmoin	βλᾰσφήμων blăsphḗmōn	βλᾰσφήμων blăsphḗmōn
Dative	βλᾰσφήμῳ blăsphḗmōi	βλᾰσφήμῳ blăsphḗmōi	βλᾰσφήμοιν blăsphḗmoin	βλᾰσφήμοιν blăsphḗmoin	βλᾰσφήμοις blăsphḗmois	βλᾰσφήμοις blăsphḗmois
Accusative	βλᾰ́σφημον blắsphēmon	βλᾰ́σφημον blắsphēmon	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰσφήμους blăsphḗmous	βλᾰ́σφημᾰ blắsphēmă
Vocative	βλᾰ́σφημε blắsphēme	βλᾰ́σφημον blắsphēmon	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰσφήμω blăsphḗmō	βλᾰ́σφημοι blắsphēmoi	βλᾰ́σφημᾰ blắsphēmă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	βλᾰσφήμως blăsphḗmōs		βλᾰσφημότερος blăsphēmóteros		βλᾰσφημότᾰτος blăsphēmótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βλᾰσφημέω (blăsphēméō)
βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ (blăsphēmĭ́ā)
βλᾰσφημόγλωσσος (blăsphēmóglōssos)

Descendants

→ Latin: blasphēmus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 719
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 218