μίασμα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 18 October 2012

From μιαίνω (miaínō, “to stain”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

μῐ́ασμᾰ • (míasma) n (genitive μῐάσμᾰτος); third declension

pollution, defilement
- c. 2nd century bc, The Book of Judith, 9:4
  οἳ καὶ ἐζήλωσαν τὸν ζῆλόν σου καὶ ἐβδελύξαντο μίασμα αἵματος αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντό σε εἰς βοηθόν.
  hoì kaì ezḗlōsan tòn zêlón sou kaì ebdelúxanto míasma haímatos autôn kaì epekalésantó se eis boēthón.
  And they were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid.
shameful action, crime

Third declension of τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ; τοῦ μῐάσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ tò míasma	τὼ μῐάσμᾰτε tṑ miásmate	τᾰ̀ μῐάσμᾰτᾰ tà miásmata
Genitive	τοῦ μῐάσμᾰτος toû miásmatos	τοῖν μῐασμᾰ́τοιν toîn miasmátoin	τῶν μῐασμᾰ́των tôn miasmátōn
Dative	τῷ μῐάσμᾰτῐ tôi miásmati	τοῖν μῐασμᾰ́τοιν toîn miasmátoin	τοῖς μῐάσμᾰσῐ / μῐάσμᾰσῐν toîs miásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῐ́ασμᾰ tò míasma	τὼ μῐάσμᾰτε tṑ miásmate	τᾰ̀ μῐάσμᾰτᾰ tà miásmata
Vocative	μῐ́ασμᾰ míasma	μῐάσμᾰτε miásmate	μῐάσμᾰτᾰ miásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.