phlegma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Noun

phlegma n (genitive phlegmatis); third declension

phlegm

Declension

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

Case	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
- French: flemme, flegme
Old French: fleume
- → Middle Dutch: fleume, fleuma
  - Dutch: fluim
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 (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of fleuma.

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