διάφραγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαφράσσω (diaphrássō, “to divide, obstruct”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.pʰraŋ.ma/ → /ðiˈa.ɸraɣ.ma/ → /ðiˈa.fraɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.pʰraŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.pʰraɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ɸraɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.fraɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.fraɣ.ma/

Noun

δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ • (diáphragma) n (genitive δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. partition or barrier
2. lock in a canal
3. (anatomy) diaphragm, midriff

   Synonym: ὑπόζωμᾰ (hupózōma)

4. septum, the cartilage which divides the nostrils
5. (anatomy) soft palate
6. (anatomy) septum pellucidum

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ tò diáphragma	τὼ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ diaphrágmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà diaphrágmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû diaphrágmatos	τοῖν δῐᾰφρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn diaphragmátoin	τῶν δῐᾰφρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn diaphragmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi diaphrágmati	τοῖν δῐᾰφρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn diaphragmátoin	τοῖς δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs diaphrágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ tò diáphragma	τὼ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ diaphrágmate	τᾰ̀ δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà diaphrágmata
Vocative	δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ diáphragma	δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτε diaphrágmate	δῐᾰφρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ diaphrágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάφραγμα (diáfragma)
• → Latin: diaphragma

Further reading

• “διάφραγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάφραγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάφραγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάφραγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)