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noun · neuterthird declension

phantasma

phantasma n (genitive phantasmatis)
Classical[pʰanˈtas.ma]Ecclesiastical[fanˈtaz.ma]

Meaning

  1. neuterimage, appearance
  2. neuterapparition, spectre, phantom

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

imāgō mortuī, umbra
phantasma -atis (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativephantasmaphantasmata
genitivephantasmatisphantasmatum
dativephantasmatīphantasmatibus
accusativephantasmaphantasmata
ablativephantasmatephantasmatibus
vocativephantasmaphantasmata

phantasma, ătis, n., = φάντασμα.
I. An apparition, spectre, phantom (postAug.; cf.: idolon, imago, simulacrum): velim scire, esse phantasmata et habere figuram ... an inania, etc., Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 1: si phantasma fuit Christus, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 7; Vulg. Matt. 14, 26; id. Marc. 6, 49.—
II. In gen., an image, appearance, phantasm of an object (late Lat. for visum, imago, species): Alexandriam cum eloqui volo, quam nunquam vidi, praesto est apud me phantasma ejus, Aug. Trinit. 8, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greek φαίνω(phaínō)
  5. Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω(phăntắzō)
  6. Ancient Greek -μᾰ(-mă)
  7. Latinphantasma

Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma)bor. Latin phantasma Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Descendants
  • Frenchfantômefrom Old French fantosme
  • Englishphantomfrom Old French fantosme
  • Englishphantasmfrom Old French fantosme
  • Occitanfantaumafrom Old Occitan fantauma
  • Portugueseabantesma
  • Catalanfantasma
  • Frenchphantasme
  • Italianfantasma
  • Portuguesefantasma
  • Portuguesepantasma

Quick answers

What does phantasma mean in Latin?
phantasma, a noun, means “image, appearance; apparition, spectre, phantom”.
What is the genitive of phantasma?
The genitive singular is phantasmatis. phantasma is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce phantasma?
In classical Latin, [pʰanˈtas.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fanˈtaz.ma].
Where does phantasma come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti → Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō → Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) → Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō) → Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) → Latin phantasma.