διασπασμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰσπᾰ́ω (diaspáō, “to tear asunder”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.as.paz.mós/ → /ði.as.pazˈmos/ → /ði.as.pazˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.as.paz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.as.pazˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.as.pazˈmos/

Noun

δῐᾰσπᾰσμός • (diaspasmós) m (genitive δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ); second declension

1. tearing in pieces, complete severance
2. (in the plural) interruption, interval
3. (figuratively) distraction

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δῐᾰσπᾰσμός; τοῦ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῐᾰσπᾰσμός ho diaspasmós	τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ diaspasmṓ	οἱ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί hoi diaspasmoí
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῦ toû diaspasmoû	τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn diaspasmoîn	τῶν δῐᾰσπᾰσμῶν tôn diaspasmôn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰσπᾰσμῷ tôi diaspasmôi	τοῖν δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖν toîn diaspasmoîn	τοῖς δῐᾰσπᾰσμοῖς toîs diaspasmoîs
Accusative	τὸν δῐᾰσπᾰσμόν tòn diaspasmón	τὼ δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ tṑ diaspasmṓ	τοὺς δῐᾰσπᾰσμούς toùs diaspasmoús
Vocative	δῐᾰσπᾰσμέ diaspasmé	δῐᾰσπᾰσμώ diaspasmṓ	δῐᾰσπᾰσμοί diaspasmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “διασπασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διασπασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διασπασμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)