δράγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dráŋ.ma/ → /ˈðraɣ.ma/ → /ˈðraɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dráŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdraɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðraɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðraɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðraɣ.ma/

Noun

δρᾰ́γμᾰ • (drắgmă) n (genitive δρᾰ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. handful, bunch
2. sheaf, bundle of ears of corn

   Synonym: ἄμᾰλλᾰ (ámăllă)

3. (later) uncut corn

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ δρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ tò drắgmă	τὼ δρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ drắgmăte	τᾰ̀ δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ drắgmătă
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû drắgmătos	τοῖν δρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn drăgmắtoin	τῶν δρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn drăgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi drắgmătĭ	τοῖν δρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn drăgmắtoin	τοῖς δρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / δρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs drắgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ tò drắgmă	τὼ δρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ drắgmăte	τᾰ̀ δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ drắgmătă
Vocative	δρᾰ́γμᾰ drắgmă	δρᾰ́γμᾰτε drắgmăte	δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ drắgmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δρᾰγμᾰτεύω (drăgmăteúō)
• δρᾰγμᾰτηγός (drăgmătēgós)
• δρᾰγμᾰτηφόρος (drăgmătēphóros)
• δρᾰγμᾰτοκλεπτέω (drăgmătokleptéō)
• δρᾰγμᾰτολόγος (drăgmătológos)

Further reading

• “δράγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δράγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δράγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δράγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)