φάσμα

From φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light, to cause to appear”) +‎ -μα (-ma, nominal suffix) with -σ- from analogy to other -αίνω : -ασμα or from φάσις (phásis).

φάσμα • (phásma) n (genitive φάσματος); third declension

1. Apparition, phantom.

   φάσμα ἀνθρώπου ― phásma anthrṓpou ― spectral appearance of a man

2. Appearance, phenomenon.
3. (shows, mysteries) Images or types of realities.
4. Sign from heaven, portent, omen.
5. Monster, prodigy.

   φάσμα ταύρου ― phásma taúrou ― a monster of a bull

• → Greek: φάσμα (fásma)
• → Latin: phasma
  • → Translingual: Phasma

• “φάσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

φάσμα • (fásma) n (plural φάσματα)

1. ghost, spectre (UK), specter (US) (lingering unpleasant prospect)

   Synonym: φάντασμα (fántasma)

   η φάσμα του κομμουνισμού ― i fásma tou kommounismoú ― the spectre of communism

2. (physics) spectrum
3. (figuratively) spectrum
4. (acoustics) ellipsis of ακουστικό φάσμα (akoustikó fásma, “acoustic spectrum, acoustic range”)
5. (physics) ellipsis of ηλεκτρομαγνητικό φάσμα (ilektromagnitikó fásma, “electromagnetic spectrum”)

• φάσμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “φάσμα”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language