κλάσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλᾰ́ω (klắō, “to break”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kláz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈklaz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈklaz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈklaz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈklaz.ma/
Noun
κλᾰ́σμᾰ • (klắsmă) n (genitive κλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλᾰ́σμᾰ tò klắsmă |
τὼ κλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ klắsmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ klắsmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû klắsmătos |
τοῖν κλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klăsmắtoin |
τῶν κλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn klăsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tōî klắsmătĭ |
τοῖν κλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klăsmắtoin |
τοῖς κλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / κλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs klắsmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλᾰ́σμᾰ tò klắsmă |
τὼ κλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ klắsmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ klắsmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλᾰ́σμᾰ klắsmă |
κλᾰ́σμᾰτε klắsmăte |
κλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ klắsmătă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κλάσμα (klásma)
Further reading
- “κλάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλάσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
The Koine Greek κλᾰ́σμᾰ (“fragment”). From the root of Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”). Related to κλάνω (kláno, “to fart”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklazma/
- Hyphenation: κλά‧σμα
Noun
κλάσμα • (klásma) n (plural κλάσματα)
- (mathematics) fraction
- a small part of
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κλάσμα (klásma) | κλάσματα (klásmata) |
| genitive | κλάσματος (klásmatos) | κλασμάτων (klasmáton) |
| accusative | κλάσμα (klásma) | κλάσματα (klásmata) |
| vocative | κλάσμα (klásma) | κλάσματα (klásmata) |
Derived terms
- κλασματικός (klasmatikós, “fractional”)
See also
- αριθμητής m (arithmitís, “numerator”)
- παρονομαστής m (paronomastís, “denominator”)
Further reading
- κλάσμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el