μάσημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.sɛː.ma/ → /ˈma.si.ma/ → /ˈma.si.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.sɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.se̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.si.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.si.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.si.ma/

Noun

μάσημᾰ • (másēmă) n (genitive μασήμᾰτος); third declension

1. Something to chew, a quid

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μάσημᾰ; τοῦ μασήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μάσημᾰ tò másēmă	τὼ μασήμᾰτε tṑ masḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μασήμᾰτᾰ tằ masḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μασήμᾰτος toû masḗmătos	τοῖν μασημᾰ́τοιν toîn masēmắtoin	τῶν μασημᾰ́των tôn masēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μασήμᾰτῐ tôi masḗmătĭ	τοῖν μασημᾰ́τοιν toîn masēmắtoin	τοῖς μασήμᾰσῐ / μασήμᾰσῐν toîs masḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μάσημᾰ tò másēmă	τὼ μασήμᾰτε tṑ masḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μασήμᾰτᾰ tằ masḗmătă
Vocative	μάσημᾰ másēmă	μασήμᾰτε masḗmăte	μασήμᾰτᾰ masḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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