μάλαγμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μαλάσσω (malássō, “to mollify, to knead”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.laŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.laɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.laɣ.ma/
Noun
[edit]μάλαγμᾰ • (málagmă) n (genitive μᾰλάγμᾰτος); third declension
- (medicine) An emollient, a cataplasm
- A padding used in sieges to blunt the force of engines and weapons
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ tò mắlagmă |
τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε tṑ mălágmăte |
τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ tằ mălágmătă | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰλάγμᾰτος toû mălágmătos |
τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn mălagmắtoin |
τῶν μᾰλαγμᾰ́των tôn mălagmắtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰλάγμᾰτῐ tôi mălágmătĭ |
τοῖν μᾰλαγμᾰ́τοιν toîn mălagmắtoin |
τοῖς μᾰλάγμᾰσῐ / μᾰλάγμᾰσῐν toîs mălágmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μᾰ́λαγμᾰ tò mắlagmă |
τὼ μᾰλάγμᾰτε tṑ mălágmăte |
τᾰ̀ μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ tằ mălágmătă | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰ́λαγμᾰ mắlagmă |
μᾰλάγμᾰτε mălágmăte |
μᾰλάγμᾰτᾰ mălágmătă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: μάλαμα (málama)
- → Arabic: مَلْغَم (malḡam)
- → Latin: malagma
- Hebrew: מלוגמא/מלוגמה (m'logma/m'lugma, “remedy, medicine”)
Further reading
[edit]- “μάλαγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάλαγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
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