μίασμα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 18 October 2012

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “to stain”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

μῐ́ασμᾰ • (mĭ́asmă) n (genitive μῐάσμᾰτος); third declension

pollution, defilement
- c. 2nd century bc, The Book of Judith, 9:4
  οἳ καὶ ἐζήλωσαν τὸν ζῆλόν σου καὶ ἐβδελύξαντο μίασμα αἵματος αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντό σε εἰς βοηθόν.
  hoì kaì ezḗlōsan tòn zêlón sou kaì ebdelúxanto míasma haímatos autôn kaì epekalésantó se eis boēthón.
  And they were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid.
shameful action, crime

Third declension of τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ; τοῦ μῐάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ tò mĭ́asmă	τὼ μῐάσμᾰτε tṑ mĭásmăte	τᾰ̀ μῐάσμᾰτᾰ tằ mĭásmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μῐάσμᾰτος toû mĭásmătos	τοῖν μῐασμᾰ́τοιν toîn mĭasmắtoin	τῶν μῐασμᾰ́των tôn mĭasmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μῐάσμᾰτῐ tōî mĭásmătĭ	τοῖν μῐασμᾰ́τοιν toîn mĭasmắtoin	τοῖς μῐάσμᾰσῐ / μῐάσμᾰσῐν toîs mĭásmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ tò mĭ́asmă	τὼ μῐάσμᾰτε tṑ mĭásmăte	τᾰ̀ μῐάσμᾰτᾰ tằ mĭásmătă
Vocative	μῐ́ασμᾰ mĭ́asmă	μῐάσμᾰτε mĭásmăte	μῐάσμᾰτᾰ mĭásmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.