ζέμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζέω (zéō, “I boil, I seethe”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdé.ma/ → /ˈze.ma/ → /ˈze.ma/

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

Noun

ζέμᾰ • (zémă) n (genitive ζέμᾰτος); third declension

1. fermentation, boiling
   1. That which is boiled, a decoction
   2. lewdness

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζέμᾰ; τοῦ ζέμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zémă	τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémăte	τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tằ zémătă
Genitive	τοῦ ζέμᾰτος toû zémătos	τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemắtoin	τῶν ζεμᾰ́των tôn zemắtōn
Dative	τῷ ζέμᾰτῐ tôi zémătĭ	τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemắtoin	τοῖς ζέμᾰσῐ / ζέμᾰσῐν toîs zémăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zémă	τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémăte	τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tằ zémătă
Vocative	ζέμᾰ zémă	ζέμᾰτε zémăte	ζέμᾰτᾰ zémătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: zema
  • Aromanian: dzamã
  • Romanian: zeamă

Further reading

• “ζέμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζέμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette