στοιχείωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

στοιχειόω (stoikheióō) (from στοιχεῖον) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stoi̯.kʰěː.ɔː.ma/ → /styˈçi.o.ma/ → /stiˈçi.o.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stoi̯.kʰěː.ɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styˈkʰi.o.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styˈçi.o.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styˈçi.o.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiˈçi.o.ma/

Noun

στοιχείωμᾰ • (stoikheíōmă) n (genitive στοιχειώμᾰτος); third declension

1. an element, a principle
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, ap. Diog. L. 10.36
2. (in the plural) the signs of the Zodiac

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στοιχείωμᾰ; τοῦ στοιχειώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στοιχείωμᾰ tò stoikheíōmă	τὼ στοιχειώμᾰτε tṑ stoikheiṓmăte	τᾰ̀ στοιχειώμᾰτᾰ tằ stoikheiṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στοιχειώμᾰτος toû stoikheiṓmătos	τοῖν στοιχειωμᾰ́τοιν toîn stoikheiōmắtoin	τῶν στοιχειωμᾰ́των tôn stoikheiōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στοιχειώμᾰτῐ tôi stoikheiṓmătĭ	τοῖν στοιχειωμᾰ́τοιν toîn stoikheiōmắtoin	τοῖς στοιχειώμᾰσῐ / στοιχειώμᾰσῐν toîs stoikheiṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στοιχείωμᾰ tò stoikheíōmă	τὼ στοιχειώμᾰτε tṑ stoikheiṓmăte	τᾰ̀ στοιχειώμᾰτᾰ tằ stoikheiṓmătă
Vocative	στοιχείωμᾰ stoikheíōmă	στοιχειώμᾰτε stoikheiṓmăte	στοιχειώμᾰτᾰ stoikheiṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (signs of the Zodiac): στοιχεῖᾰ (stoikheîă)

Derived terms

• στοιχειωμᾰτῐκοί (stoikheiōmătĭkoí)

References

• “στοιχείωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «στοιχείωμα» on page 1,433/1 of Liddell & Scott’s Greek–English Lexicon (8th ed., 1897), Oxford: At the Clarendon Press