φθέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, “to make a sound”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰéŋ.ma/ → /ˈɸθeɣ.ma/ → /ˈfθeɣ.ma/

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

Noun

φθέγμα • (phthégma) n (genitive φθέγματος); third declension

1. voice

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φθέγμᾰ; τοῦ φθέγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φθέγμᾰ tò phthégma	τὼ φθέγμᾰτε tṑ phthégmate	τᾰ̀ φθέγμᾰτᾰ tà phthégmata
Genitive	τοῦ φθέγμᾰτος toû phthégmatos	τοῖν φθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phthegmátoin	τῶν φθεγμᾰ́των tôn phthegmátōn
Dative	τῷ φθέγμᾰτῐ tôi phthégmati	τοῖν φθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phthegmátoin	τοῖς φθέγμᾰσῐ / φθέγμᾰσῐν toîs phthégmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φθέγμᾰ tò phthégma	τὼ φθέγμᾰτε tṑ phthégmate	τᾰ̀ φθέγμᾰτᾰ tà phthégmata
Vocative	φθέγμᾰ phthégma	φθέγμᾰτε phthégmate	φθέγμᾰτᾰ phthégmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πρόσφθεγμα (prósphthegma)

Related terms

• φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai)
• φθεγκτικός (phthenktikós)
• φθεγκτός (phthenktós)
• φθεγματικός (phthegmatikós)
• φθογγήεις (phthongḗeis)
• φθόγγος (phthóngos)

References

• “φθέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φθέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φθέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette