ῥάσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαίνω (rhaínō, “to sprinkle”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥áz.ma/ → /ˈraz.ma/ → /ˈraz.ma/

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

Noun

ῥάσμα • (rhásma) n (genitive ῥάσματος); third declension

1. shower; sprinkling

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥάσμα; τοῦ ῥάσματος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥάσμα tò rhásma	τὼ ῥάσματε tṑ rhásmate	τᾰ̀ ῥάσματᾰ tà rhásmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥάσματος toû rhásmatos	τοῖν ῥασμάτοιν toîn rhasmátoin	τῶν ῥασμάτων tôn rhasmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥάσματῐ tôi rhásmati	τοῖν ῥασμάτοιν toîn rhasmátoin	τοῖς ῥάσμασῐ / ῥάσμασῐν toîs rhásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥάσμα tò rhásma	τὼ ῥάσματε tṑ rhásmate	τᾰ̀ ῥάσματᾰ tà rhásmata
Vocative	ῥάσμα rhásma	ῥάσματε rhásmate	ῥάσματᾰ rhásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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