διάπτωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰ- (dia-, “through”) +‎ πτῶμᾰ (ptôma, “fall”, noun), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, “result noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áp.tɔː.ma/ → /ðiˈap.to.ma/ → /ðiˈap.to.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áp.tɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈap.to.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.to.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.to.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈap.to.ma/

Noun

δῐᾰ́πτωμᾰ • (diáptōma) n (genitive δῐᾰπτώμᾰτος); third declension

1. Stumble, slip; error; failure.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́πτωμᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́πτωμᾰ tò diáptōma	τὼ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτε tṑ diaptṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτᾰ tà diaptṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτος toû diaptṓmatos	τοῖν δῐᾰπτωμᾰ́τοιν toîn diaptōmátoin	τῶν δῐᾰπτωμᾰ́των tôn diaptōmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτῐ tôi diaptṓmati	τοῖν δῐᾰπτωμᾰ́τοιν toîn diaptōmátoin	τοῖς δῐᾰπτώμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰπτώμᾰσῐν toîs diaptṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́πτωμᾰ tò diáptōma	τὼ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτε tṑ diaptṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰπτώμᾰτᾰ tà diaptṓmata
Vocative	δῐᾰ́πτωμᾰ diáptōma	δῐᾰπτώμᾰτε diaptṓmate	δῐᾰπτώμᾰτᾰ diaptṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Diaptomus

References

• “διάπτωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press