σήκωμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōmă) — Doric

Etymology

From σηκόω (sēkóō, “to weigh, to balance”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, fence”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.kɔː.ma/ → /ˈsi.ko.ma/ → /ˈsi.ko.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.kɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝.ko.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/

Noun

σήκωμᾰ • (sḗkōmă) n (genitive σηκώμᾰτος); third declension

1. weight in the balance, counterpoise, counterweight
2. makeweight
3. standard measure of wine
4. return, recompense

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σήκωμᾰ; τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōmă	τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmăte	τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tằ sēkṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος toû sēkṓmătos	τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmắtoin	τῶν σηκωμᾰ́των tôn sēkōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ σηκώμᾰτῐ tôi sēkṓmătĭ	τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmắtoin	τοῖς σηκώμᾰσῐ / σηκώμᾰσῐν toîs sēkṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōmă	τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmăte	τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tằ sēkṓmătă
Vocative	σήκωμᾰ sḗkōmă	σηκώμᾰτε sēkṓmăte	σηκώμᾰτᾰ sēkṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: sācōma
  • → Italian: sagoma
• → Classical Syriac: ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā)
  • → Arabic: سَقُوم (saqūm)

Further reading

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