ἔλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔλᾰσμᾰ • (élăsmă) n (genitive ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

  1. metal plate
  2. (medicine) general name for probes or other surgical instruments

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ
tò élăsmă 		τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε
tṑ elắsmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ elắsmătă
Genitive τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος
toû elắsmătos 		τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn elăsmắtoin 		τῶν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́των
tôn elăsmắtōn
Dative τῷ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ
tōî elắsmătĭ 		τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn elăsmắtoin 		τοῖς ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν
toîs elắsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ
tò élăsmă 		τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε
tṑ elắsmăte 		τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ elắsmătă
Vocative ἔλᾰσμᾰ
élăsmă 		ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε
elắsmăte 		ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
elắsmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: έλασμα (élasma)
  • Translingual: ⇒ Elasmopoda

Further reading

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