σπασμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπάω (spáō) + -σμός (-smós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spaz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spazˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spazˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spazˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spazˈmos/
Noun
σπασμός • (spasmós) m (genitive σπασμοῦ); second declension
- synonym of σπάσμα (spásma, “sprain, spasm”)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σπασμός ho spasmós |
τὼ σπασμώ tṑ spasmṓ |
οἱ σπασμοί hoi spasmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπασμοῦ toû spasmoû |
τοῖν σπασμοῖν toîn spasmoîn |
τῶν σπασμῶν tôn spasmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπασμῷ tōî spasmōî |
τοῖν σπασμοῖν toîn spasmoîn |
τοῖς σπασμοῖς toîs spasmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σπασμόν tòn spasmón |
τὼ σπασμώ tṑ spasmṓ |
τοὺς σπασμούς toùs spasmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπασμέ spasmé |
σπασμώ spasmṓ |
σπασμοί spasmoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σπασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σπασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós), related to the verb σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pluck off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spazˈmos/
Noun
σπασμός • (spasmós) m (plural σπασμοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σπασμός (spasmós) | σπασμοί (spasmoí) |
| genitive | σπασμού (spasmoú) | σπασμών (spasmón) |
| accusative | σπασμό (spasmó) | σπασμούς (spasmoús) |
| vocative | σπασμέ (spasmé) | σπασμοί (spasmoí) |
Related terms
- ηλεκτροσπασμοθεραπεία f (ilektrospasmotherapeía, “electroconvulsive therapy”)
- αντισπασμωδικός (antispasmodikós, “antispasmodic”)