πτύσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτύω (ptúō, “to spit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptýz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈptyz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈptiz.ma/
Noun
πτύσμᾰ • (ptúsmă) n (genitive πτύσμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptŭ́smă |
τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptŭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ptŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πτῠ́σμᾰτος toû ptŭ́smătos |
τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptŭsmắtoin |
τῶν πτῠσμᾰ́των tôn ptŭsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πτῠ́σμᾰτῐ tōî ptŭ́smătĭ |
τοῖν πτῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn ptŭsmắtoin |
τοῖς πτῠ́σμᾰσῐ / πτῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs ptŭ́smăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πτῠ́σμᾰ tò ptŭ́smă |
τὼ πτῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ ptŭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ ptŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτῠ́σμᾰ ptŭ́smă |
πτῠ́σμᾰτε ptŭ́smăte |
πτῠ́σμᾰτᾰ ptŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πτύσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette