πήδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πηδάω (pēdáō, “to spring, to leap”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.dɛː.ma/ → /ˈpi.ði.ma/ → /ˈpi.ði.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.dɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̝.de̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ði.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ði.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ði.ma/

Noun

πήδημᾰ • (pḗdēmă) n (genitive πηδήμᾰτος); third declension

1. leap, bound
2. beating or throbbing of the heart

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πήδημᾰ; τοῦ πηδήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πήδημᾰ tò pḗdēmă	τὼ πηδήμᾰτε tṑ pēdḗmăte	τᾰ̀ πηδήμᾰτᾰ tằ pēdḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ πηδήμᾰτος toû pēdḗmătos	τοῖν πηδημᾰ́τοιν toîn pēdēmắtoin	τῶν πηδημᾰ́των tôn pēdēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πηδήμᾰτῐ tôi pēdḗmătĭ	τοῖν πηδημᾰ́τοιν toîn pēdēmắtoin	τοῖς πηδήμᾰσῐ / πηδήμᾰσῐν toîs pēdḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πήδημᾰ tò pḗdēmă	τὼ πηδήμᾰτε tṑ pēdḗmăte	τᾰ̀ πηδήμᾰτᾰ tằ pēdḗmătă
Vocative	πήδημᾰ pḗdēmă	πηδήμᾰτε pēdḗmăte	πηδήμᾰτᾰ pēdḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήδημα (pḗdēma).

Noun

πήδημα • (pídima) n (plural πηδήματα)

1. bound, leap, jump
2. (colloquial) sexual intercourse

Declension

Declension of πήδημα

	singular	plural
nominative	πήδημα (pídima)	πηδήματα (pidímata)
genitive	πηδήματος (pidímatos)	πηδημάτων (pidimáton)
accusative	πήδημα (pídima)	πηδήματα (pidímata)
vocative	πήδημα (pídima)	πηδήματα (pidímata)

Synonyms

• (bound): άλμα n (álma)
• (sex act): γαμήσι n (gamísi)

Derived terms

• πηδηματάκι n (pidimatáki)

phrases

• για ψύλλου πήδημα (gia psýllou pídima)
• ιδού η Ρόδος ιδού και το πήδημα (idoú i Ródos idoú kai to pídima)