πρόβλημα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *prógʷlāmə. Equivalent to προβάλλω (probállō, “I throw before”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pró.blɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ble̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.βli.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.vli.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpro.vli.ma/
Noun
editπρόβλημᾰ • (próblēma) n (genitive προβλήμᾰτος); third declension
- anything thrown forward or projecting
- anything put before one as a defense, bulwark, barrier, screen, shield, wall
- (with genitive) a defense against a thing
- anything put forward as an excuse or screen
- that which is proposed as a task, business
- (geometry) problem
- (Aristotelian logic) a question as to whether a statement is so or not
- a problem, difficulty
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πρόβλημᾰ tò próblēma |
τὼ προβλήμᾰτε tṑ problḗmate |
τᾰ̀ προβλήμᾰτᾰ tà problḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ προβλήμᾰτος toû problḗmatos |
τοῖν προβλημᾰ́τοιν toîn problēmátoin |
τῶν προβλημᾰ́των tôn problēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ προβλήμᾰτῐ tôi problḗmati |
τοῖν προβλημᾰ́τοιν toîn problēmátoin |
τοῖς προβλήμᾰσῐ / προβλήμᾰσῐν toîs problḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πρόβλημᾰ tò próblēma |
τὼ προβλήμᾰτε tṑ problḗmate |
τᾰ̀ προβλήμᾰτᾰ tà problḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρόβλημᾰ próblēma |
προβλήμᾰτε problḗmate |
προβλήμᾰτᾰ problḗmata | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
edit- (shield): προβαλλός (proballós)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “πρόβλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρόβλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πρόβλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πρόβλημα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- LSJ 8th edition
Greek
editEtymology
editLearnedly, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημᾰ (próblēma). For sense "difficulty", semantic loan from French problème or English problem.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπρόβλημα • (próvlima) n (plural προβλήματα)
- problem, complicated question or subject
- (mathematics) problem, sum
- difficulty, trouble
Declension
editDeclension of πρόβλημα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | πρόβλημα • | προβλήματα • |
genitive | προβλήματος • | προβλημάτων • |
accusative | πρόβλημα • | προβλήματα • |
vocative | πρόβλημα • | προβλήματα • |
References
edit- ^ πρόβλημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
edit- πρόβλημα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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