τέμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.ma.kʰos/ → /ˈte.ma.xos/ → /ˈte.ma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ma.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/

Noun

τέμᾰχος • (témăkhos) n (genitive τεμᾰ́χους); third declension

1. slice of fish
2. slice of any food (meat, cheese)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τέμᾰχος; τοῦ τεμᾰ́χους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέμᾰχος tò témăkhos	τὼ τεμᾰ́χει tṑ temắkhei	τᾰ̀ τεμᾰ́χη tằ temắkhē
Genitive	τοῦ τεμᾰ́χους toû temắkhous	τοῖν τεμᾰχοῖν toîn temăkhoîn	τῶν τεμᾰχῶν tôn temăkhôn
Dative	τῷ τεμᾰ́χει tôi temắkhei	τοῖν τεμᾰχοῖν toîn temăkhoîn	τοῖς τεμᾰ́χεσῐ / τεμᾰ́χεσῐν toîs temắkhesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέμᾰχος tò témăkhos	τὼ τεμᾰ́χει tṑ temắkhei	τᾰ̀ τεμᾰ́χη tằ temắkhē
Vocative	τέμᾰχος témăkhos	τεμᾰ́χει temắkhei	τεμᾰ́χη temắkhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• τόμος (tómos)

References

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