μάλαγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαλάσσω (malássō, “to mollify, to knead”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μάλαγμᾰ • (málagmă) n (genitive μᾰλάγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. (medicine) An emollient, a cataplasm
  2. A padding used in sieges to blunt the force of engines and weapons

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ; τοῦ μᾰλάγμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ
tò mắlagmă 		τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε
tṑ mălágmăte 		τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ
tằ mălágmătă
Genitive τοῦ μᾰλάγμᾰτος
toû mălágmătos 		τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn mălagmắtoin 		τῶν μᾰλαγμᾰ́των
tôn mălagmắtōn
Dative τῷ μᾰλάγμᾰτῐ
tōî mălágmătĭ 		τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn mălagmắtoin 		τοῖς μᾰλάγμᾰσῐ / μᾰλάγμᾰσῐν
toîs mălágmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ
tò mắlagmă 		τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε
tṑ mălágmăte 		τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ
tằ mălágmătă
Vocative μᾰ́λαγμᾰ
mắlagmă 		μᾰλάγμᾰτε
mălágmăte 		μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ
mălágmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: μάλαμα (málama)
  • → Arabic: مَلْغَم (malḡam)
    • → Medieval Latin: amalgama (see there for further descendants)
    • → Persian: ملغمه (malġame)
      • → Turkish: malgama / ملغمه
  • → Latin: malagma
  • Hebrew: מלוגמא/מלוגמה (m'logma/m'lugma, “remedy, medicine”)

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