phantasma

phantasma

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æzmə

Noun

phantasma (plural phantasmata)

  1. Alternative form of phantasm.
    • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
      ...till the 7. of Iune ſhe againe deluded us, after two houres chaſe as a phantaſma vaniſhing towards Goa.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor.
Latin phantasma

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    phantasma n (genitive phantasmatis); third declension

    1. image, appearance
    2. apparition, spectre, phantom

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative phantasma phantasmata
    genitive phantasmatis phantasmatum
    dative phantasmatī phantasmatibus
    accusative phantasma phantasmata
    ablative phantasmate phantasmatibus
    vocative phantasma phantasmata

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    Portuguese

    Noun

    phantasma m or f (plural phantasmas)

    1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fantasma
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