Ancient Greek

Noun

φλέγμα • ‎(phlégma) n ‎(genitive φλέγματος); third declension

1. flame, fire, heat
2. (medicine) inflammation
3. phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body

Inflection

Derived terms

• λευκὸν φλέγμα ‎(leukòn phlégma, “type of dropsy, anasarca”)

Descendants

• English: phlegm
• Latin: phlegma
• → Arabic: بَلْغَم ‎(balḡam)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بالغام ‎(balgam)
    • Turkish: balgam
    • Gagauz: balgam

References

• φλέγμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φλέγμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φλέγμα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «φλέγμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «φλέγμα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • phlegm idem, page 610.