φάσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light, to cause to appear”) +‎ -μα (-ma, nominal suffix) with -σ- from analogy to other -αίνω : -ασμα or from φάσις (phásis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰáz.ma/ → /ˈɸaz.ma/ → /ˈfaz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰáz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸaz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ma/

Noun

φάσμα • (phásma) n (genitive φάσματος); third declension

1. Apparition, phantom.

   φάσμα ἀνθρώπου ― phásma anthrṓpou ― spectral appearance of a man

2. Appearance, phenomenon.
3. (shows, mysteries) Images or types of realities.
4. Sign from heaven, portent, omen.
5. Monster, prodigy.

   φάσμα ταύρου ― phásma taúrou ― a monster of a bull

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φά̆σμᾰ; τοῦ φᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φά̆σμᾰ tò phásma	τὼ φᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ phásmate	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà phásmata
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́σμᾰτος toû phásmatos	τοῖν φᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn phasmátoin	τῶν φᾰσμᾰ́των tôn phasmátōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́σμᾰτῐ tôi phásmati	τοῖν φᾰσμᾰ́τοιν toîn phasmátoin	τοῖς φᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / φᾰ́σμᾰσῐν toîs phásmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φά̆σμᾰ tò phásma	τὼ φᾰ́σμᾰτε tṑ phásmate	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ tà phásmata
Vocative	φά̆σμᾰ phásma	φᾰ́σμᾰτε phásmate	φᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ phásmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phasma
  • → Translingual: Phasma

References

• “φάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press