βλάσφημος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From a root *blas-, *mlas-, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”) + -ος (-os, adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blás.pʰɛː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈblas.pʰe.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβlas.ɸi.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvlas.fi.mos/
Adjective
βλᾰ́σφημος • (blásphēmos) m, f (neuter βλᾰ́σφημον); second declension
- uttering ill-omened words; jinx
- reviling, defaming
- (of words) slanderous, libellous
- uttering impious words; blasphemous
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | βλάσφημος blásphēmos |
βλάσφημον blásphēmon |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλάσφημοι blásphēmoi |
βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma | ||||||||
Genitive | βλασφήμου blasphḗmou |
βλασφήμου blasphḗmou |
βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin |
βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin |
βλασφήμων blasphḗmōn |
βλασφήμων blasphḗmōn | ||||||||
Dative | βλασφήμῳ blasphḗmōi |
βλασφήμῳ blasphḗmōi |
βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin |
βλασφήμοιν blasphḗmoin |
βλασφήμοις blasphḗmois |
βλασφήμοις blasphḗmois | ||||||||
Accusative | βλάσφημον blásphēmon |
βλάσφημον blásphēmon |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλασφήμους blasphḗmous |
βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma | ||||||||
Vocative | βλάσφημε blásphēme |
βλάσφημον blásphēmon |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλασφήμω blasphḗmō |
βλάσφημοι blásphēmoi |
βλάσφημᾰ blásphēma | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βλασφήμως blasphḗmōs |
βλασφημότερος blasphēmóteros |
βλασφημότᾰτος blasphēmótatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- βλασφημόγλωσσος (blasphēmóglōssos)
Derived terms
- βλασφημέω (blasphēméō)
Related terms
- βλασφημίᾱ (blasphēmíā)
Descendants
- Latin: blasphēmus (see there for further descendants)
References
- βλάσφημος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βλάσφημος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλάσφημος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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