βάπτισμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to dip in liquid”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβap.tiz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvap.tiz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvap.tiz.ma/
Noun
βάπτισμα • (báptisma) n (genitive βαπτίσματος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βάπτισμᾰ tò báptisma |
τὼ βαπτίσμᾰτε tṑ baptísmate |
τᾰ̀ βαπτίσμᾰτᾰ tà baptísmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαπτίσμᾰτος toû baptísmatos |
τοῖν βαπτισμᾰ́τοιν toîn baptismátoin |
τῶν βαπτισμᾰ́των tôn baptismátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαπτίσμᾰτῐ tôi baptísmati |
τοῖν βαπτισμᾰ́τοιν toîn baptismátoin |
τοῖς βαπτίσμᾰσῐ / βαπτίσμᾰσῐν toîs baptísmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βάπτισμᾰ tò báptisma |
τὼ βαπτίσμᾰτε tṑ baptísmate |
τᾰ̀ βαπτίσμᾰτᾰ tà baptísmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βάπτισμᾰ báptisma |
βαπτίσμᾰτε baptísmate |
βαπτίσμᾰτᾰ baptísmata | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- βαπτισμός (baptismós)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ (baptisma)
- Greek: βάπτισμα (váptisma)
- → Turkish: vaftiz
- → Latin: baptisma (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “βάπτισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βάπτισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βάπτισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- βάπτισμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G908 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- βάπτισμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Alternative forms
- βάφτισμα n (váftisma)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma). By surface analysis, βαπτίζω (vaptízo, “to baptise”) + -μα (-ma).
Noun
βάπτισμα • (váptisma) n (plural βαπτίσματα)
- (religion) baptism, christening (the sacrament)
Declension
Declension of βάπτισμα
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βάπτισμα • | βαπτίσματα • |
| genitive | βαπτίσματος • | βαπτισμάτων • |
| accusative | βάπτισμα • | βαπτίσματα • |
| vocative | βάπτισμα • | βαπτίσματα • |
Coordinate terms
- αναδεξιμιά m (anadeximiá, “goddaughter”)
- αναδεξιμιός m (anadeximiós, “godson”)
- ανάδοχος m or f (anádochos, “godparent”)
- νονά f (noná, “godmother”)
- νονός m (nonós, “godfather”)
Related terms
- βαπτιστικός (vaptistikós, “baptismal”)
- βαφτισιμιά f (vaftisimiá, “goddaughter”)
- βαφτισιμιός m (vaftisimiós, “godson, godchild”)
- βαφτιστήρι n (vaftistíri, “godchild”)
- βαφτιστικός (vaftistikós, “baptismal”)
Further reading
Βάπτισμα (Χριστιανισμός) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- βάπτισμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
