ἵλασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῑ̔λᾰ́σκομαι (hīláskomai, “appease”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hǐː.laz.ma/ → /ˈi.laz.ma/ → /ˈi.laz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hǐː.laz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.laz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.laz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.laz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.laz.ma/

Noun

ῑ̔́λᾰσμᾰ • (hī́lasma) n (genitive ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. propitiation

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῑ̔́λᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῑ̔́λᾰσμᾰ tò hī́lasma	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ hīlásmate	τᾰ̀ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà hīlásmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτος toû hīlásmatos	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hīlasmátoin	τῶν ῑ̔λᾰσμᾰ́των tôn hīlasmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi hīlásmati	τοῖν ῑ̔λᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hīlasmátoin	τοῖς ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs hīlásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῑ̔́λᾰσμᾰ tò hī́lasma	τὼ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ hīlásmate	τᾰ̀ ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà hīlásmata
Vocative	ῑ̔́λᾰσμᾰ hī́lasma	ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτε hīlásmate	ῑ̔λᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ hīlásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἵλασμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἵλασμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἵλασμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἵλασμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011