λάλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαλέω (laléō, “to chat, to prat”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.lɛː.ma/ → /ˈla.li.ma/ → /ˈla.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.lɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.le̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/

Noun

λάλημᾰ • (lálēmă) n (genitive λαλήμᾰτος); third declension

1. talk, prattle

   Synonym: λᾰλᾰγή (lălăgḗ)

2. prater, chatterer
3. byword, a person talked about

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λάλημᾰ; τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēmă	τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmăte	τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tằ lalḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος toû lalḗmătos	τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmắtoin	τῶν λαλημᾰ́των tôn lalēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ λαλήμᾰτῐ tôi lalḗmătĭ	τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmắtoin	τοῖς λαλήμᾰσῐ / λαλήμᾰσῐν toîs lalḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēmă	τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmăte	τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tằ lalḗmătă
Vocative	λάλημᾰ lálēmă	λαλήμᾰτε lalḗmăte	λαλήμᾰτᾰ lalḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: lajm

Further reading

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