φράγμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φράσσω (phrássō, “I fence”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰráŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰraɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸraɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfraɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfraɣ.ma/
Noun
φράγμᾰ • (phrágma) n (genitive φράγμᾰτος); third declension
- A fence, a screen, a breastwork
- Any means of defence, a protection
- A boom placed in a harbour
- A contrivance for catching fish
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrágma |
τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrágmate |
τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà phrágmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû phrágmatos |
τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phragmátoin |
τῶν φρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn phragmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi phrágmati |
τοῖν φρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn phragmátoin |
τοῖς φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / φρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs phrágmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φρᾰ́γμᾰ tò phrágma |
τὼ φρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ phrágmate |
τᾰ̀ φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà phrágmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φρᾰ́γμᾰ phrágma |
φρᾰ́γμᾰτε phrágmate |
φρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ phrágmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: phragma
Further reading
- “φράγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φράγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek φράγμα (phrágma), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō).
Noun
φράγμα • (frágma) n (plural φράγματα)
Declension
Declension of φράγμα
Related terms
- φραγμός m (fragmós, “restraint, barrier”)
Further reading
φράγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
