φραγμός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰraŋ.mós/ → /ɸraɣˈmos/ → /fraɣˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰraŋ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraɡˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraɣˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraɣˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraɣˈmos/

Noun

φρᾰγμός • (phragmós) m (genitive φρᾰγμοῦ); second declension

1. blockage, stoppage, stopping up;
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1387
   1. (medical) intestinal blockage;
      • 400 CE – 500 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Acute Diseases 3.138
2. enclosure, palisade, fence, hedge;
   • Aesop, 385
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 11.4
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 5.108
   • Archias, Analecta Patristica 9.343.1
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 21.33
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 14.23
   1. hedge (nickname for a man w. thick beard);
      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Soloestica 27
   2. parapet (of a bridge);
      • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7.36.5
      1. (by extension) fortification, shelter;
         • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7.142.2
3. division
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 2.14

Declension

Second declension of ὁ φρᾰγμός; τοῦ φρᾰγμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φρᾰγμός ho phragmós	τὼ φρᾰγμώ tṑ phragmṓ	οἱ φρᾰγμοί hoi phragmoí
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰγμοῦ toû phragmoû	τοῖν φρᾰγμοῖν toîn phragmoîn	τῶν φρᾰγμῶν tôn phragmôn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰγμῷ tôi phragmôi	τοῖν φρᾰγμοῖν toîn phragmoîn	τοῖς φρᾰγμοῖς toîs phragmoîs
Accusative	τὸν φρᾰγμόν tòn phragmón	τὼ φρᾰγμώ tṑ phragmṓ	τοὺς φρᾰγμούς toùs phragmoús
Vocative	φρᾰγμέ phragmé	φρᾰγμώ phragmṓ	φρᾰγμοί phragmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek φραγμός (phragmós), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō)

Noun

φραγμός • (fragmós) n (plural φραγμοί)

1. (chiefly figuratively) restraint, barrier in anything, mainly in feelings, expressions etc.

   Δεν έχει κανένα ηθικό φραγμό να ξελογιάσει τη γυναίκα σου.

   Den échei kanéna ithikó fragmó na xelogiásei ti gynaíka sou.

   He doesn't have any moral restraint in seducing your wife.

Declension

Declension of φραγμός

	singular	plural
nominative	φραγμός •	φραγμοί •
genitive	φραγμού •	φραγμών •
accusative	φραγμό •	φραγμούς •
vocative	φραγμέ •	φραγμοί •

Related terms

• φράγμα n (frágma, “dam, barrier”)