πρίσμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πρίω (príō, “I saw, I cut”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /príz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpriz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpriz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpriz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpriz.ma/
Noun
πρίσμᾰ • (prísma) n (genitive πρίσμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ tò prísma |
τὼ πρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ prísmate |
τᾰ̀ πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà prísmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πρῐ́σμᾰτος toû prísmatos |
τοῖν πρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn prismátoin |
τῶν πρῐσμᾰ́των tôn prismátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πρῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi prísmati |
τοῖν πρῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn prismátoin |
τοῖς πρῐ́σμᾰσῐ / πρῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs prísmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ tò prísma |
τὼ πρῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ prísmate |
τᾰ̀ πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà prísmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρῐ́σμᾰ prísma |
πρῐ́σμᾰτε prísmate |
πρῐ́σμᾰτᾰ prísmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πρίσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πρίσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “prism”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French prisme.
Pronunciation
Noun
πρίσμα • (prísma) n (plural πρίσματα)
- (physics, mathematics) prism
- point of view
- Synonym: σκοπιά (skopiá)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πρίσμα (prísma) | πρίσματα (prísmata) |
| genitive | πρίσματος (prísmatos) | πρισμάτων (prismáton) |
| accusative | πρίσμα (prísma) | πρίσματα (prísmata) |
| vocative | πρίσμα (prísma) | πρίσματα (prísmata) |
Further reading
πρίσμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- πρίσμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
