πῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πήγ(νῡμῐ) (pḗg(nūmĭ)) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

πῆγμᾰ • (pêgmă) n (genitive πήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything fastened or joined together, a framework
   1. of a ship
   2. of a roof
   3. a stage or scaffold used in theatres
   4. a bookcase
   5. metaphorically:
      1. a bond in honour bound
      2. fabric
2. anything congealed
   1. of frozen snow
   2. of fat
   3. of the waters of the Jordan
3. that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πῆγμᾰ; τοῦ πήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgmă	τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmăte	τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tằ pḗgmătă
Genitive	τοῦ πήγμᾰτος toû pḗgmătos	τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmắtoin	τῶν πηγμᾰ́των tôn pēgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πήγμᾰτῐ tôi pḗgmătĭ	τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmắtoin	τοῖς πήγμᾰσῐ / πήγμᾰσῐν toîs pḗgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgmă	τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmăte	τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tằ pḗgmătă
Vocative	πῆγμᾰ pêgmă	πήγμᾰτε pḗgmăte	πήγμᾰτᾰ pḗgmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πηγματίζω (pēgmatízō) (Byzantine)
• πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion)
• πηγματιστής (pēgmatistḗs) (Byzantine)

Descendants

• → Latin: pēgma

Further reading

• “πῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette