βράσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βράζω (brázō, “to boil”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bráz.ma/ → /ˈβraz.ma/ → /ˈvraz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bráz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbraz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβraz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvraz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvraz.ma/

Noun

βράσμᾰ • (brásma) n (genitive βράσμᾰτος); third declension

1. boiling
2. A shaking motion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ; τοῦ βρᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ tò brásma	τὼ βρᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ brásmate	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà brásmata
Genitive	τοῦ βρᾰ́σμᾰτος toû brásmatos	τοῖν βρᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn brasmátoin	τῶν βρᾰσμᾰ́των tôn brasmátōn
Dative	τῷ βρᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi brásmati	τοῖν βρᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn brasmátoin	τοῖς βρᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / βρᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs brásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ βρᾰ́σμᾰ tò brásma	τὼ βρᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ brásmate	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà brásmata
Vocative	βρᾰ́σμᾰ brásma	βρᾰ́σμᾰτε brásmate	βρᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ brásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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