δίλημμα
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
[edit]From δι- (di-, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.lɛːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.le̝m.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.li.ma/
Noun
[edit]δῐ́λημμᾰ • (dílēmma) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension
- a conclusion from two premises
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dílēmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος toû dilḗmmatos |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τῶν δῐλημμᾰ́των tôn dilēmmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐλήμμᾰτῐ tôi dilḗmmati |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τοῖς δῐλήμμᾰσῐ / δῐλήμμᾰσῐν toîs dilḗmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dílēmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́λημμᾰ dílēmma |
δῐλήμμᾰτε dilḗmmate |
δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “δίλημμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δίλημμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίλημμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “dilemma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma) with semantic loan from French dilemme.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]δίλημμα • (dílimma) n (plural διλήμματα)
- dilemma, quandary (a circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable)
- (logic) dilemma
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δίλημμα (dílimma) | διλήμματα (dilímmata) |
| genitive | διλήμματος (dilímmatos) | διλημμάτων (dilimmáton) |
| accusative | δίλημμα (dílimma) | διλήμματα (dilímmata) |
| vocative | δίλημμα (dílimma) | διλήμματα (dilímmata) |
Derived terms
[edit]- διλημματικός (dilimmatikós)
References
[edit]- ^ δίλημμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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