σμῆμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σμῆγμα (smêgma)

Etymology

From σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, I cleanse”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈzmi.ma/ → /ˈzmi.ma/

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

Noun

σμῆμα • (smêma) n (genitive σμήμᾰτος); third declension

1. soap; a substance for cleaning and degreasing

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σμῆμᾰ; τοῦ σμήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σμῆμᾰ tò smêma	τὼ σμήμᾰτε tṑ smḗmate	τᾰ̀ σμήμᾰτᾰ tà smḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ σμήμᾰτος toû smḗmatos	τοῖν σμημᾰ́τοιν toîn smēmátoin	τῶν σμημᾰ́των tôn smēmátōn
Dative	τῷ σμήμᾰτῐ tôi smḗmati	τοῖν σμημᾰ́τοιν toîn smēmátoin	τοῖς σμήμᾰσῐ / σμήμᾰσῐν toîs smḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σμῆμᾰ tò smêma	τὼ σμήμᾰτε tṑ smḗmate	τᾰ̀ σμήμᾰτᾰ tà smḗmata
Vocative	σμῆμᾰ smêma	σμήμᾰτε smḗmate	σμήμᾰτᾰ smḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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