κλίμα

See also: κλήμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “I slope, incline”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klí.ma/ → /ˈkli.ma/ → /ˈkli.ma/

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

Noun

κλῐ́μᾰ • (klĭ́mă) n (genitive κλῐ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. a slope, incline, inclination
2. the supposed slope of the earth from the equator to the pole; (terrestrial) latitude
3. a region, zone or belt of the earth; a clime

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ; τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klĭ́mă	τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klĭ́măte	τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tằ klĭ́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος toû klĭ́mătos	τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klĭmắtoin	τῶν κλῐμᾰ́των tôn klĭmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κλῐ́μᾰτῐ tôi klĭ́mătĭ	τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klĭmắtoin	τοῖς κλῐ́μᾰσῐ / κλῐ́μᾰσῐν toîs klĭ́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klĭ́mă	τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klĭ́măte	τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tằ klĭ́mătă
Vocative	κλῐ́μᾰ klĭ́mă	κλῐ́μᾰτε klĭ́măte	κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ klĭ́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλιματάρχης (klimatárkhēs)
• κλιματίας (klimatías)
• κλιματικός (klimatikós)

Descendants

• → Arabic: إقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm)
  • → Azerbaijani: iqlim
  • → Hebrew: אַקְלִים (aklím)
  • → Javanese: iklim
  • → Malay: iklim
    • Indonesian: iklim
  • → Persian: اقلیم
  • → Sundanese: ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ (iklim)
  • → Tigre: አቅሊም (ʾäḳlim)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اقلیم (iklim)
    • → Turkish: iklim
  • → Turkmen: yklym
  • → Uyghur: ئىقلىم (iqlim)
  • → Uzbek: iqlim
• Aramaic:

  → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܝܡܐ (qəlīmā)

• Greek: κλίμα (klíma)
• → Latin: clima
  • → French: climat
    • → Dutch: klimaat
    • → English: climate
  • → German: Klima
  • → English: clime
• → Old Armenian: կլիմայ (klimay), կղիմայ (kłimay)
  • → Middle Armenian: կլիմ (klim), կլեմ (klem)
• → Zazaki: ıklim

Further reading

• “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κλίμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2824 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/
• Hyphenation: κλί‧μα
• Homophone: κλήμα (klíma)

Noun

κλίμα • (klíma) n (plural κλίματα)

1. (meteorology) climate
2. (figuratively) atmosphere, mood
3. (religion) see, the district or area covered by a Greek Orthodox patriarchate

   Η Κρήτη ανήκει στο κλίμα του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου.

   I Kríti aníkei sto klíma tou Oikoumenikoú Patriarcheíou.

   Crete is in the klima of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Declension

Declension of κλίμα

	singular	plural
nominative	κλίμα (klíma)	κλίματα (klímata)
genitive	κλίματος (klímatos)	κλιμάτων (klimáton)
accusative	κλίμα (klíma)	κλίματα (klímata)
vocative	κλίμα (klíma)	κλίματα (klímata)

See also

• αρχιεπισκοπή f (archiepiskopí, “see, archbishopric”)