σέλμα
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Ancient Greek σελίς (selís, “beam, planing; page of book”), with Old English selma and syll, with Old High German swelli.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sél.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsel.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsel.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsel.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsel.ma/
Noun
[edit]σέλμᾰ • (sélmă) n (genitive σέλμᾰτος); third declension
- (shipping) deck, the upper planking of a ship
- (generally) seat, throne
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 179–183:
- στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος:
καὶ παρ’ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν.
δαιμόνων δέ που χάρις βίαιος σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων.- stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos:
kaì par’ ákontas êlthe sōphroneîn.
daimónōn dé pou kháris bíaios sélma semnòn hēménōn. - Even in our sleep, the persistent memory of pain drips upon the heart;
against our will, it came to wisen us,
forcible grace of gods, seated upon their haughty throne.
- stázei d’ én th’ húpnōi prò kardías mnēsipḗmōn pónos:
- More translations at μνησιπήμων and @perseus.tufts.edu
- στάζει δ’ ἔν θ’ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος:
- (generally) any timberwork; logs of building timber
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σέλμᾰ tò sélmă |
τὼ σέλμᾰτε tṑ sélmăte |
τᾰ̀ σέλμᾰτᾰ tằ sélmătă | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σέλμᾰτος toû sélmătos |
τοῖν σελμᾰ́τοιν toîn selmắtoin |
τῶν σελμᾰ́των tôn selmắtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σέλμᾰτῐ tôi sélmătĭ |
τοῖν σελμᾰ́τοιν toîn selmắtoin |
τοῖς σέλμᾰσῐ / σέλμᾰσῐν toîs sélmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σέλμᾰ tò sélmă |
τὼ σέλμᾰτε tṑ sélmăte |
τᾰ̀ σέλμᾰτᾰ tằ sélmătă | ||||||||||
Vocative | σέλμᾰ sélmă |
σέλμᾰτε sélmăte |
σέλμᾰτᾰ sélmătă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
[edit]- εὔσελμος (eúselmos, “well-benched”)
- ἐΰσσελμος, ἐύσσελμος (eússelmos, “well-benched”) (in Homer)
- σελμῐ́ς f (selmĭ́s, “noose of hair; plank”)
References
[edit]- “σέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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