ἆσθμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For earlier *ἄνσθμα (*ánsthma), potentially a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”) with an extension of unclear origin, followed by the suffix -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥). Compare ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἆσθμᾰ • (âsthma) n (genitive ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτος); third declension

  1. short-drawn breath, panting
  2. (medicine) asthma

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἆσθμᾰ; τοῦ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἆσθμᾰ
tò âsthma		 τὼ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτε
tṑ ā́sthmate		 τᾰ̀ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτᾰ
tà ā́sthmata
Genitive τοῦ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτος
toû ā́sthmatos		 τοῖν ᾱ̓σθμᾰ́τοιν
toîn āsthmátoin		 τῶν ᾱ̓σθμᾰ́των
tôn āsthmátōn
Dative τῷ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτῐ
tôi ā́sthmati		 τοῖν ᾱ̓σθμᾰ́τοιν
toîn āsthmátoin		 τοῖς ᾱ̓́σθμᾰσῐ / ᾱ̓́σθμᾰσῐν
toîs ā́sthmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ ἆσθμᾰ
tò âsthma		 τὼ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτε
tṑ ā́sthmate		 τᾰ̀ ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτᾰ
tà ā́sthmata
Vocative ἆσθμᾰ
âsthma		 ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτε
ā́sthmate		 ᾱ̓́σθμᾰτᾰ
ā́sthmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἀσθμαίνω (asthmaínō, “pant, gasp for breath”)

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