μέλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μελαίνω (melaínō, “to blacken”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μέλασμᾰ • (mélasmă) n (genitive μελάσμᾰτος); third declension

  1. A black or livid spot
    1. A black hair dye
    2. The solid ink in a pencil
    3. (in the plural) spots in the moon

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μέλασμᾰ; τοῦ μελάσμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μέλασμᾰ
tò mélasmă 		τὼ μελάσμᾰτε
tṑ melásmăte 		τᾰ̀ μελάσμᾰτᾰ
tằ melásmătă
Genitive τοῦ μελάσμᾰτος
toû melásmătos 		τοῖν μελασμᾰ́τοιν
toîn melasmắtoin 		τῶν μελασμᾰ́των
tôn melasmắtōn
Dative τῷ μελάσμᾰτῐ
tōî melásmătĭ 		τοῖν μελασμᾰ́τοιν
toîn melasmắtoin 		τοῖς μελάσμᾰσῐ / μελάσμᾰσῐν
toîs melásmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ μέλασμᾰ
tò mélasmă 		τὼ μελάσμᾰτε
tṑ melásmăte 		τᾰ̀ μελάσμᾰτᾰ
tằ melásmătă
Vocative μέλασμᾰ
mélasmă 		μελάσμᾰτε
melásmăte 		μελάσμᾰτᾰ
melásmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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