σφάλμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editσφᾰ́λλω (sphállō, “to fall, to be cast down”) + -μᾰ (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰál.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰal.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸal.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfal.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfal.ma/
Noun
editσφᾰ́λμᾰ • (sphálma) n (genitive σφᾰ́λμᾰτος); third declension
- a trip, a stumble, a false step
- a fall, a failure, a defeat
- Synonym: σφᾰλμός m (sphalmós)
- a fault, an error
- Synonym: σφᾰλμός m (sphalmós)
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σφᾰ́λμᾰ tò sphálma |
τὼ σφᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ sphálmate |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà sphálmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰ́λμᾰτος toû sphálmatos |
τοῖν σφᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn sphalmátoin |
τῶν σφᾰλμᾰ́των tôn sphalmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφᾰ́λμᾰτῐ tôi sphálmati |
τοῖν σφᾰλμᾰ́τοιν toîn sphalmátoin |
τοῖς σφᾰ́λμᾰσῐ / σφᾰ́λμᾰσῐν toîs sphálmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σφᾰ́λμᾰ tò sphálma |
τὼ σφᾰ́λμᾰτε tṑ sphálmate |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ tà sphálmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφᾰ́λμᾰ sphálma |
σφᾰ́λμᾰτε sphálmate |
σφᾰ́λμᾰτᾰ sphálmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “σφάλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφάλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
editEtymology
editAncient Greek σφᾰ́λμᾰ (sphálma)
Noun
editσφάλμα • (sfálma) n (plural σφάλματα)
Declension
editDeclension of σφάλμα
Synonyms
edit- λάθος n (láthos)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek neuter nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'κύμα'