στρέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /strém.ma/ → /ˈstrem.ma/ → /ˈstre.ma/

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

Noun

στρέμμᾰ • (strémmă) n (genitive στρέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is twisted, thread
2. twist, roll
3. wrench, stram, sprain
4. conspiracy, band of conspirators

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στρέμμᾰ; τοῦ στρέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémmă	τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmăte	τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ strémmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στρέμμᾰτος toû strémmătos	τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmắtoin	τῶν στρεμμᾰ́των tôn stremmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στρέμμᾰτῐ tôi strémmătĭ	τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmắtoin	τοῖς στρέμμᾰσῐ / στρέμμᾰσῐν toîs strémmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémmă	τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmăte	τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ strémmătă
Vocative	στρέμμᾰ strémmă	στρέμμᾰτε strémmăte	στρέμμᾰτᾰ strémmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: stremma

References

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

Greek

Noun

στρέμμα • (strémma) n (plural στρέμματα)

1. The royal stremma or decare of ¹⁄₁₀ hectare (1,000 m²)
2. (historical) The historical stremma or square plethron, an area of 10,000 square Greek feet
3. (historical, colloquial) The historical stremma, the area able to be plowed by a team of oxen in a day, the Greek equivalent of the English acre

Declension

Declension of στρέμμα

	singular	plural
nominative	στρέμμα (strémma)	στρέμματα (strémmata)
genitive	στρέμματος (strémmatos)	στρεμμάτων (stremmáton)
accusative	στρέμμα (strémma)	στρέμματα (strémmata)
vocative	στρέμμα (strémma)	στρέμματα (strémmata)

See also

• τετραγωνικό μέτρο n (tetragonikó métro, “square metre”)
• εκτάριο n (ektário, “hectare”)

Further reading

• στρέμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Stremma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia