λῆμμα

See also: λήμμα, and λέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek root λᾱβ- (lāb-), whence λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”), and -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːm.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝m.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

λῆμμᾰ • (lêmma) n (genitive λήμμᾰτος); third declension

1. gain, income
2. premise, assumption

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λῆμμᾰ; τοῦ λήμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῆμμᾰ tò lêmma	τὼ λήμμᾰτε tṑ lḗmmate	τᾰ̀ λήμμᾰτᾰ tà lḗmmata
Genitive	τοῦ λήμμᾰτος toû lḗmmatos	τοῖν λημμᾰ́τοιν toîn lēmmátoin	τῶν λημμᾰ́των tôn lēmmátōn
Dative	τῷ λήμμᾰτῐ tôi lḗmmati	τοῖν λημμᾰ́τοιν toîn lēmmátoin	τοῖς λήμμᾰσῐ / λήμμᾰσῐν toîs lḗmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λῆμμᾰ tò lêmma	τὼ λήμμᾰτε tṑ lḗmmate	τᾰ̀ λήμμᾰτᾰ tà lḗmmata
Vocative	λῆμμᾰ lêmma	λήμμᾰτε lḗmmate	λήμμᾰτᾰ lḗmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνάλημμᾰ (análēmma)
• ἀντῐλημμᾰτίζω (antilēmmatízō)
• διάλημμᾰ (diálēmma)
• δίλημμᾰ (dílēmma)
• κᾰτᾰ́λημμᾰ (katálēmma)
• λημμᾰτῐκός (lēmmatikós)
• λημμᾰ́τῐον (lēmmátion)
• λημμᾰτῐστής (lēmmatistḗs)
• λημμᾰτίζω (lēmmatízō)
• μονολήμμᾰτος (monolḗmmatos)
• παράλημμᾰ (parálēmma)
• περίλημμᾰ (perílēmma)
• πολυλήμμᾰτος (polulḗmmatos)
• πρόλημμᾰ (prólēmma)
• προλημμᾰτίζω (prolēmmatízō)
• πρόσλημμᾰ (próslēmma)
• ὑπόλημμᾰ (hupólēmma)

Related terms

• διειλημμένως (dieilēmménōs)
• περιειλημμένως (perieilēmménōs)

Descendants

• Greek: λήμμα (límma)
• → Latin: lēmma
  • English: lemma
  • French: lemme
  • German: Lemma
  • Italian: lemma
  • Spanish: lema
• → Russian: ле́мма f (lémma)

Further reading

• “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λῆμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advantage idem, page 14.
  • benefit idem, page 74.
  • expediency idem, page 293.
  • gain idem, page 352.
  • grist idem, page 374.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • lucre idem, page 504.
  • profit idem, page 653.
  • receipt idem, page 678.