ἔλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.laz.ma/ → /ˈe.laz.ma/ → /ˈe.laz.ma/

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

Noun

ἔλᾰσμᾰ • (élasma) n (genitive ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. metal plate
2. (medicine) general name for probes or other surgical instruments

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ tò élasma	τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ elásmate	τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà elásmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτος toû elásmatos	τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn elasmátoin	τῶν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́των tôn elasmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi elásmati	τοῖν ἐλᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn elasmátoin	τοῖς ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / ἐλᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs elásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔλᾰσμᾰ tò élasma	τὼ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ elásmate	τᾰ̀ ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà elásmata
Vocative	ἔλᾰσμᾰ élasma	ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτε elásmate	ἐλᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ elásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έλασμα (élasma)

Further reading

• “ἔλασμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλασμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette