διασπασμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῐᾰσπᾰ́ω (dĭăspắō, “to tear asunder”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.as.paz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.as.pazˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
Noun
δῐᾰσπᾰσμός • (dĭăspăsmós) m (genitive δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ); second declension
- tearing in pieces, complete severance
- (in the plural) interruption, interval
- (figuratively) distraction
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰσπᾰσμός ho dĭăspăsmós |
τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ dĭăspăsmṓ |
οἱ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί hoi dĭăspăsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ toû dĭăspăsmoû |
τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn dĭăspăsmoîn |
τῶν δῐᾰσπᾰσμῶν tôn dĭăspăsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐᾰσπᾰσμῷ tōî dĭăspăsmōî |
τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn dĭăspăsmoîn |
τοῖς δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖς toîs dĭăspăsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰσπᾰσμόν tòn dĭăspăsmón |
τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ dĭăspăsmṓ |
τοὺς δῐᾰσπᾰσμούς toùs dĭăspăsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰσπᾰσμέ dĭăspăsmé |
δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ dĭăspăsmṓ |
δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί dĭăspăsmoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “διασπασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διασπασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διασπασμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)