Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðráma/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðráma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðɾáma/

Noun

δρᾶμα • ‎(drâma) n ‎(genitive δράματος); third declension

1. a deed, act
2. one of the three types of ancient Greek poetry (the other two are epic and lyric poetry)
3. a play, an action represented on the stage (a tragedy, a comedy or a satyr play)

Inflection

Descendants

• English: drama
• Greek: δράμα ‎(dráma)
• Russian: драма ‎(dráma)
• Spanish: drama

References

• δρᾶμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρᾶμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «δρᾶμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «δρᾶμα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • drama idem, page 250.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • piece idem, page 611.
  • play idem, page 618.
  • representation idem, page 697.
• drama in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911