κρᾶμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krâː.ma/ → /ˈkra.ma/ → /ˈkra.ma/

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

Noun

κρᾶμᾰ • (krâmă) n (genitive κρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. mixture
2. alloy of metals

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κρᾶμᾰ; τοῦ κρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρᾶμᾰ tò krâmă	τὼ κρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ krā́măte	τᾰ̀ κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ krā́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾱ́μᾰτος toû krā́mătos	τοῖν κρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn krāmắtoin	τῶν κρᾱμᾰ́των tôn krāmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi krā́mătĭ	τοῖν κρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn krāmắtoin	τοῖς κρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / κρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs krā́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρᾶμᾰ tò krâmă	τὼ κρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ krā́măte	τᾰ̀ κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ krā́mătă
Vocative	κρᾶμᾰ krâmă	κρᾱ́μᾰτε krā́măte	κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ krā́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κραμάτινος (kramátinos)
• κραμάτιον (kramátion)
• κραματοποιέω (kramatopoiéō)

Further reading

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