From πρίω (príō, “I saw, I cut”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
πρίσμᾰ • (prísma) n (genitive πρίσμᾰτος); third declension
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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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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πρίσμα (prísma, “prism”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from French prisme.
πρίσμα • (prísma) n (plural πρίσματα)