φλέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φλέγω (phlégō, “to set on fire, inflame”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φλέγμᾰ • (phlégma) n (genitive φλέγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. flame, fire, heat
  2. (medicine) inflammation
  3. phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φλέγμᾰ; τοῦ φλέγμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φλέγμᾰ
tò phlégma		 τὼ φλέγμᾰτε
tṑ phlégmate		 τᾰ̀ φλέγμᾰτᾰ
tà phlégmata
Genitive τοῦ φλέγμᾰτος
toû phlégmatos		 τοῖν φλεγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn phlegmátoin		 τῶν φλεγμᾰ́των
tôn phlegmátōn
Dative τῷ φλέγμᾰτῐ
tôi phlégmati		 τοῖν φλεγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn phlegmátoin		 τοῖς φλέγμᾰσῐ / φλέγμᾰσῐν
toîs phlégmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ φλέγμᾰ
tò phlégma		 τὼ φλέγμᾰτε
tṑ phlégmate		 τᾰ̀ φλέγμᾰτᾰ
tà phlégmata
Vocative φλέγμᾰ
phlégma		 φλέγμᾰτε
phlégmate		 φλέγμᾰτᾰ
phlégmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • λευκὸν φλέγμα (leukòn phlégma, “type of dropsy, anasarca”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • “φλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “φλέγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “φλέγμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φλέγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φλέγμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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