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 • (zéma) 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 zéma	τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate	τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata
Genitive	τοῦ ζέμᾰτος toû zématos	τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin	τῶν ζεμᾰ́των tôn zemátōn
Dative	τῷ ζέμᾰτῐ tôi zémati	τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin	τοῖς ζέμᾰσῐ / ζέμᾰσῐν toîs zémasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zéma	τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate	τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata
Vocative	ζέμᾰ zéma	ζέμᾰτε zémate	ζέμᾰτᾰ zémata
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