φραγμός

Ancient Greek

φρᾰγμός • (phrăgmós) m (genitive φρᾰγμοῦ); second declension

blockage, stoppage, stopping up;
- 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1387
1. (medical) intestinal blockage;
  - 400 CE – 500 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Acute Diseases 3.138
enclosure, palisade, fence, hedge;
- Aesop, 385
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 11.4
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 5.108
- Archias, Analecta Patristica 9.343.1
- 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 21.33
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 14.23
1. hedge (nickname for a man w. thick beard);
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Soloestica 27
2. parapet (of a bridge);
  - 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7.36.5
  1. (by extension) fortification, shelter;
    - 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7.142.2
division
- New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 2.14

Second declension of ὁ φρᾰγμός; τοῦ φρᾰγμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φρᾰγμός ho phrăgmós	τὼ φρᾰγμώ tṑ phrăgmṓ	οἱ φρᾰγμοί hoi phrăgmoí
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰγμοῦ toû phrăgmoû	τοῖν φρᾰγμοῖν toîn phrăgmoîn	τῶν φρᾰγμῶν tôn phrăgmôn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰγμῷ tōî phrăgmōî	τοῖν φρᾰγμοῖν toîn phrăgmoîn	τοῖς φρᾰγμοῖς toîs phrăgmoîs
Accusative	τὸν φρᾰγμόν tòn phrăgmón	τὼ φρᾰγμώ tṑ phrăgmṓ	τοὺς φρᾰγμούς toùs phrăgmoús
Vocative	φρᾰγμέ phrăgmé	φρᾰγμώ phrăgmṓ	φρᾰγμοί phrăgmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek φραγμός (phragmós), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō)

φραγμός • (fragmós) n (plural φραγμοί)

(chiefly figuratively) restraint, barrier in anything, mainly in feelings, expressions etc.
Δεν έχει κανένα ηθικό φραγμό να ξελογιάσει τη γυναίκα σου.
Den échei kanéna ithikó fragmó na xelogiásei ti gynaíka sou.
He doesn't have any moral restraint in seducing your wife.