πλῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpliɣ.ma/ → /ˈpliɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈple̝ɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpliɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpliɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpliɣ.ma/

Noun

πλῆγμα • (plêgma) n (genitive πλήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. blow, stroke
2. sting of a wasp

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πλῆγμᾰ; τοῦ πλήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλῆγμᾰ tò plêgma	τὼ πλήγμᾰτε tṑ plḗgmate	τᾰ̀ πλήγμᾰτᾰ tà plḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ πλήγμᾰτος toû plḗgmatos	τοῖν πληγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēgmátoin	τῶν πληγμᾰ́των tôn plēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ πλήγμᾰτῐ tôi plḗgmati	τοῖν πληγμᾰ́τοιν toîn plēgmátoin	τοῖς πλήγμᾰσῐ / πλήγμᾰσῐν toîs plḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλῆγμᾰ tò plêgma	τὼ πλήγμᾰτε tṑ plḗgmate	τᾰ̀ πλήγμᾰτᾰ tà plḗgmata
Vocative	πλῆγμᾰ plêgma	πλήγμᾰτε plḗgmate	πλήγμᾰτᾰ plḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πλήγμα (plígma)

Further reading

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