βδέσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βδέω (bdéō, “I break wind”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bdéz.ma/ → /ˈβðez.ma/ → /ˈvðez.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bdéz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbdez.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβðez.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvðez.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvðez.ma/

Noun

βδέσμᾰ • (bdésma) n (genitive βδέσμᾰτος); third declension

1. stench

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βδέσμᾰ; τοῦ βδέσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésma	τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmate	τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tà bdésmata
Genitive	τοῦ βδέσμᾰτος toû bdésmatos	τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmátoin	τῶν βδεσμᾰ́των tôn bdesmátōn
Dative	τῷ βδέσμᾰτῐ tôi bdésmati	τοῖν βδεσμᾰ́τοιν toîn bdesmátoin	τοῖς βδέσμᾰσῐ / βδέσμᾰσῐν toîs bdésmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ βδέσμᾰ tò bdésma	τὼ βδέσμᾰτε tṑ bdésmate	τᾰ̀ βδέσμᾰτᾰ tà bdésmata
Vocative	βδέσμᾰ bdésma	βδέσμᾰτε bdésmate	βδέσμᾰτᾰ bdésmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βδέσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βδέσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette