πέραμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περάω (peráō, “to cross, traverse”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.raː.ma/ → /ˈpe.ra.ma/ → /ˈpe.ra.ma/

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

Noun

πέρᾱμᾰ • (pérāmă) n (genitive πέρᾱμᾰτος); third declension

1. ferry

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ; τοῦ περᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ tò pérāmă	τὼ περᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ perā́măte	τᾰ̀ περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ perā́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ περᾱ́μᾰτος toû perā́mătos	τοῖν περᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn perāmắtoin	τῶν περᾱμᾰ́των tôn perāmắtōn
Dative	τῷ περᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi perā́mătĭ	τοῖν περᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn perāmắtoin	τοῖς περᾱ́μᾰσῐ / περᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs perā́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ tò pérāmă	τὼ περᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ perā́măte	τᾰ̀ περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tằ perā́mătă
Vocative	πέρᾱμᾰ pérāmă	περᾱ́μᾰτε perā́măte	περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ perā́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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