ἀπόφθεγμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai, “I plainly speak my mind”), from ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, “to speak loudly”), + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pópʰ.tʰeŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpopʰ.tʰeɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpoɸ.θeɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpof.θeɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpof.θeɣ.ma/
Noun
editἀπόφθεγμα • (apóphthegma) n (genitive ἀποφθέγματος); third declension
- a thing uttered
- especially a terse, pointed saying, an apophthegm
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀπόφθεγμᾰ tò apóphthegma |
τὼ ἀποφθέγμᾰτε tṑ apophthégmate |
τᾰ̀ ἀποφθέγμᾰτᾰ tà apophthégmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀποφθέγμᾰτος toû apophthégmatos |
τοῖν ἀποφθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn apophthegmátoin |
τῶν ἀποφθεγμᾰ́των tôn apophthegmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀποφθέγμᾰτῐ tôi apophthégmati |
τοῖν ἀποφθεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn apophthegmátoin |
τοῖς ἀποφθέγμᾰσῐ / ἀποφθέγμᾰσῐν toîs apophthégmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀπόφθεγμᾰ tò apóphthegma |
τὼ ἀποφθέγμᾰτε tṑ apophthégmate |
τᾰ̀ ἀποφθέγμᾰτᾰ tà apophthégmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀπόφθεγμᾰ apóphthegma |
ἀποφθέγμᾰτε apophthégmate |
ἀποφθέγμᾰτᾰ apophthégmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Catalan: apotegma
- → English: apothegm
- → French: apophtegme
- → German: Apophthegma
- Greek: απόφθεγμα (apófthegma)
- → Ido: apotemo
- → Polish: apoftegmat
- → Portuguese: apotegma
- → Spanish: apotegma
- → Ukrainian: апофтегма (apoftehma)
References
edit- “ἀπόφθεγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀπόφθεγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀπόφθεγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀπόφθεγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἀπο-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension