ἄλισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word does not contain ἅλς (háls, “salt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.liz.ma/ → /ˈa.liz.ma/ → /ˈa.liz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.liz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liz.ma/

Noun

ἄλισμᾰ • (álisma) n (genitive ἀλίσμᾰτος); third declension

1. water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

   Synonym: ἄσκυρον (áskuron)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄλισμᾰ; τοῦ ἀλίσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄλισμᾰ tò álisma	τὼ ἀλίσμᾰτε tṑ alísmate	τᾰ̀ ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ tà alísmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλίσμᾰτος toû alísmatos	τοῖν ἀλισμᾰ́τοιν toîn alismátoin	τῶν ἀλισμᾰ́των tôn alismátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλίσμᾰτῐ tôi alísmati	τοῖν ἀλισμᾰ́τοιν toîn alismátoin	τοῖς ἀλίσμᾰσῐ / ἀλίσμᾰσῐν toîs alísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄλισμᾰ tò álisma	τὼ ἀλίσμᾰτε tṑ alísmate	τᾰ̀ ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ tà alísmata
Vocative	ἄλισμᾰ álisma	ἀλίσμᾰτε alísmate	ἀλίσμᾰτᾰ alísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: alisma
  • → Translingual: Alisma

References

• “ἄλισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλισμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN