phlegma
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).
Noun
phlegma n (genitive phlegmatis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phlegma | phlegmata |
| genitive | phlegmatis | phlegmatum |
| dative | phlegmatī | phlegmatibus |
| accusative | phlegma | phlegmata |
| ablative | phlegmate | phlegmatibus |
| vocative | phlegma | phlegmata |
Descendants
- Catalan: flegma
- Galician: freima, flegma
- Italian: flemma
- Old French: fleume
- Polish: flegma
- Portuguese: flegma, fleuma, fleima
- Romanian: flegmă
- Spanish: flema
References
- “phlegma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- phlegma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Noun
phlegma f (plural phlegmas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fleuma.