δρᾶμα

See also: δράμα

Ancient Greek

From δράω (dráō) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

δρᾶμᾰ • (drâma) n (genitive δρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

a deed, act
one of the three types of ancient Greek poetry (the other two are epic and lyric poetry)
a play, an action represented on the stage (a tragedy, a comedy, or a satyr play)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâma	τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́mate	τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà drā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾱ́μᾰτος toû drā́matos	τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmátoin	τῶν δρᾱμᾰ́των tôn drāmátōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi drā́mati	τοῖν δρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn drāmátoin	τοῖς δρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / δρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs drā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δρᾶμᾰ tò drâma	τὼ δρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ drā́mate	τᾰ̀ δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà drā́mata
Vocative	δρᾶμᾰ drâma	δρᾱ́μᾰτε drā́mate	δρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ drā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“δρᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
δρᾶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
δρᾶμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- drama idem, page 250.
- exhibition idem, page 291.
- piece idem, page 611.
- play idem, page 618.
- representation idem, page 697.
“drama”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.