πρίσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρίω (príō, “I saw, I cut”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πρίσμᾰ • (prísma) n (genitive πρίσμᾰτος); third declension

  1. Anything sawn, sawdust
  2. A prism

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πρῐ́σμᾰ; τοῦ πρῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

Greek

Noun

πρίσμα • (prísma) n (plural πρίσματα)

  1. (physics, mathematics) prism

Declension
declension of πρίσμα
singular plural
nominative πρίσμα • πρίσματα •
genitive πρίσματος • πρισμάτων •
accusative πρίσμα • πρίσματα •
vocative πρίσμα • πρίσματα •

Further reading
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