πλῆσμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλῆμα (plêma), πλεῖμα (pleîma)
Etymology
From πίμπλημι (pímplēmi, “to fill, satisfy”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛ̂ːz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈple̝z.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpliz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpliz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpliz.ma/
Noun
πλῆσμᾰ • (plêsmă) n (genitive πλήσμᾰτος); third declension
- (of animals) impregnation
- being filled, satiety, saturation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πλῆσμᾰ tò plêsmă |
τὼ πλήσμᾰτε tṑ plḗsmăte |
τᾰ̀ πλήσμᾰτᾰ tằ plḗsmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλήσμᾰτος toû plḗsmătos |
τοῖν πλησμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēsmắtoin |
τῶν πλησμᾰ́των tôn plēsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλήσμᾰτῐ tōî plḗsmătĭ |
τοῖν πλησμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēsmắtoin |
τοῖς πλήσμᾰσῐ / πλήσμᾰσῐν toîs plḗsmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πλῆσμᾰ tò plêsmă |
τὼ πλήσμᾰτε tṑ plḗsmăte |
τᾰ̀ πλήσμᾰτᾰ tằ plḗsmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλῆσμᾰ plêsmă |
πλήσμᾰτε plḗsmăte |
πλήσμᾰτᾰ plḗsmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πλῆσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλῆσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλῆσμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011