χίασμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χῑάζω (khīázō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῑ́ασμᾰ • (khī́asmă) n (genitive χῑάσμᾰτος); third declension

  1. crosspiece

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χῑ́ᾰσμᾰ; τοῦ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χῑ́ᾰσμᾰ
tò khī́ăsmă 		τὼ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτε
tṑ khīắsmăte 		τᾰ̀ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ khīắsmătă
Genitive τοῦ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτος
toû khīắsmătos 		τοῖν χῑᾰσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn khīăsmắtoin 		τῶν χῑᾰσμᾰ́των
tôn khīăsmắtōn
Dative τῷ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτῐ
tōî khīắsmătĭ 		τοῖν χῑᾰσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn khīăsmắtoin 		τοῖς χῑᾰ́σμᾰσῐ / χῑᾰ́σμᾰσῐν
toîs khīắsmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ χῑ́ᾰσμᾰ
tò khī́ăsmă 		τὼ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτε
tṑ khīắsmăte 		τᾰ̀ χῑᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ khīắsmătă
Vocative χῑ́ᾰσμᾰ
khī́ăsmă 		χῑᾰ́σμᾰτε
khīắsmăte 		χῑᾰ́σμᾰτᾰ
khīắsmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: χίασμα (chíasma)
  • → New Latin: chīasma
    → English: chiasma
    → Finnish: kiasma
    French: chiasma
    → Hungarian: kiazma
    Italian: chiasma
    → Persian: کیازما (kiyâzmâ)
    → Spanish: quiasma

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χῑ́ασμα (khī́asma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈçiazma/
  • Hyphenation: χί‧α‧σμα

Noun

χίασμα • (chíasma) n (plural χιάσματα)

  1. (anatomy) chiasma
  2. diagonal cross, saltire, Saint Andrew's cross

Declension

Declension of χίασμα
singular plural
nominative χίασμα (chíasma) χιάσματα (chiásmata)
genitive χιάσματος (chiásmatos) χιασμάτων (chiasmáton)
accusative χίασμα (chíasma) χιάσματα (chiásmata)
vocative χίασμα (chíasma) χιάσματα (chiásmata)

Synonyms

Further reading

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