λεῖμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείπω (leípō, “to leave, to quit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lêːm.ma/ → /ˈlim.ma/ → /ˈli.ma/

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

Noun

λεῖμμᾰ • (leîmmă) n (genitive λείμμᾰτος); third declension

1. A remnant, a residue
   1. (music) A semitone, a small musical interval
   2. An intermission in fever
   3. A deficiency

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λεῖμμᾰ; τοῦ λείμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmmă	τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmăte	τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tằ leímmătă
Genitive	τοῦ λείμμᾰτος toû leímmătos	τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmắtoin	τῶν λειμμᾰ́των tôn leimmắtōn
Dative	τῷ λείμμᾰτῐ tôi leímmătĭ	τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmắtoin	τοῖς λείμμᾰσῐ / λείμμᾰσῐν toîs leímmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmmă	τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmăte	τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tằ leímmătă
Vocative	λεῖμμᾰ leîmmă	λείμμᾰτε leímmăte	λείμμᾰτᾰ leímmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: limma

Further reading

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