φλέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φλέγω (phlégō, “to set on fire, inflame”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φλέγμᾰ • (phlégmă) n (genitive φλέγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. flame, fire, heat
  2. (medicine) inflammation
  3. phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φλέγμᾰ; τοῦ φλέγμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φλέγμᾰ
tò phlégmă 		τὼ φλέγμᾰτε
tṑ phlégmăte 		τᾰ̀ φλέγμᾰτᾰ
tằ phlégmătă
Genitive τοῦ φλέγμᾰτος
toû phlégmătos 		τοῖν φλεγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn phlegmắtoin 		τῶν φλεγμᾰ́των
tôn phlegmắtōn
Dative τῷ φλέγμᾰτῐ
tōî phlégmătĭ 		τοῖν φλεγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn phlegmắtoin 		τοῖς φλέγμᾰσῐ / φλέγμᾰσῐν
toîs phlégmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ φλέγμᾰ
tò phlégmă 		τὼ φλέγμᾰτε
tṑ phlégmăte 		τᾰ̀ φλέγμᾰτᾰ
tằ phlégmătă
Vocative φλέγμᾰ
phlégmă 		φλέγμᾰτε
phlégmăte 		φλέγμᾰτᾰ
phlégmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • λευκὸν φλέγμα (leukòn phlégma, “type of dropsy, anasarca”)

Descendants

Further reading

  • “φλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “φλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “φλέγμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φλέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φλέγμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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