πρίσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίω (príō, “I saw, I cut”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /príz.ma/ → /ˈpriz.ma/ → /ˈpriz.ma/

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

Noun

πρίσμᾰ • (prísma) n (genitive πρίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything sawn, sawdust
2. (Koine) prism

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ; τοῦ πρῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ tò prísma	τὼ πρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ prísmate	τᾰ̀ πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà prísmata
Genitive	τοῦ πρῐ́σμᾰτος toû prísmatos	τοῖν πρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn prismátoin	τῶν πρῐσμᾰ́των tôn prismátōn
Dative	τῷ πρῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi prísmati	τοῖν πρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn prismátoin	τοῖς πρῐ́σμᾰσῐ / πρῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs prísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ tò prísma	τὼ πρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ prísmate	τᾰ̀ πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà prísmata
Vocative	πρῐ́σμᾰ prísma	πρῐ́σμᾰτε prísmate	πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ prísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “prism”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French prisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.zma/

Noun

πρίσμα • (prísma) n (plural πρίσματα)

1. (physics, mathematics) prism
3. point of view

   Synonym: σκοπιά (skopiá)

Declension

Declension of πρίσμα

	singular	plural
nominative	πρίσμα •	πρίσματα •
genitive	πρίσματος •	πρισμάτων •
accusative	πρίσμα •	πρίσματα •
vocative	πρίσμα •	πρίσματα •

Further reading

• πρίσμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “πρίσμα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998