φλέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φλέγω (phlegō, “set on fire, inflame”) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰléɡma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰlɛ́ɣma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸléɣma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fléɣma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /fléɣma/

Noun

φλέγμα (genitive φλέγματος) n, third declension; (phlegma)

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

Inflection

Third declension of φλέγμα, φλέγματος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φλέγμα	φλέγματε	φλέγματᾰ
Genitive	φλέγματος	φλεγμάτοιν	φλεγμάτων
Dative	φλέγματῐ	φλεγμάτοιν	φλέγμασῐ(ν)
Accusative	φλέγμα	φλέγματε	φλέγματᾰ
Vocative	φλέγμα	φλέγματε	φλέγματᾰ

Derived terms

• λευκὸν φλέγμα (leukon phlegma, “type of dropsy, anasarca”)

Descendants

• English: phlegm
• Latin: phlegma

References

• φλέγμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940