στῦμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στῠ́φω (stŭ́phō, “to draw together”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stŷːm.ma/ → /ˈstym.ma/ → /ˈsti.ma/

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

Noun

στῦμμᾰ • (stûmmă) n (genitive στῡ́μμᾰτος); third declension

1. astringent, used especially for thickening oil, that it may retain scent better

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῦμμᾰ; τοῦ στῡ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmmă	τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmăte	τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ stū́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στῡ́μμᾰτος toû stū́mmătos	τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmắtoin	τῶν στῡμμᾰ́των tôn stūmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στῡ́μμᾰτῐ tôi stū́mmătĭ	τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmắtoin	τοῖς στῡ́μμᾰσῐ / στῡ́μμᾰσῐν toîs stū́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmmă	τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmăte	τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ stū́mmătă
Vocative	στῦμμᾰ stûmmă	στῡ́μμᾰτε stū́mmăte	στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ stū́mmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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