πτῶμα

See also: πτώμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πτῶμα • (ptôma) n (genitive πτώματος); third declension

  1. fall
  2. misfortune, calamity, defeat
  3. one who has fallen: corpse, dead body
  4. of buildings: ruin

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πτῶμᾰ; τοῦ πτώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πτῶμᾰ
tò ptôma		 τὼ πτώμᾰτε
tṑ ptṓmate		 τᾰ̀ πτώμᾰτᾰ
tà ptṓmata
Genitive τοῦ πτώμᾰτος
toû ptṓmatos		 τοῖν πτωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn ptōmátoin		 τῶν πτωμᾰ́των
tôn ptōmátōn
Dative τῷ πτώμᾰτῐ
tôi ptṓmati		 τοῖν πτωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn ptōmátoin		 τοῖς πτώμᾰσῐ / πτώμᾰσῐν
toîs ptṓmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ πτῶμᾰ
tò ptôma		 τὼ πτώμᾰτε
tṑ ptṓmate		 τᾰ̀ πτώμᾰτᾰ
tà ptṓmata
Vocative πτῶμᾰ
ptôma		 πτώμᾰτε
ptṓmate		 πτώμᾰτᾰ
ptṓmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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