τίλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tíl.ma/ → /ˈtil.ma/ → /ˈtil.ma/

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

Noun

τῐ́λμᾰ • (tĭ́lmă) n (genitive τῐ́λμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything pulled or shredded, lint
2. anything that can be pulled or plucked
3. (in the plural) sprains

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ; τοῦ τῐ́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ tò tĭ́lmă	τὼ τῐ́λμᾰτε tṑ tĭ́lmăte	τᾰ̀ τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ tĭ́lmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τῐ́λμᾰτος toû tĭ́lmătos	τοῖν τῐλμᾰ́τοιν toîn tĭlmắtoin	τῶν τῐλμᾰ́των tôn tĭlmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τῐ́λμᾰτῐ tôi tĭ́lmătĭ	τοῖν τῐλμᾰ́τοιν toîn tĭlmắtoin	τοῖς τῐ́λμᾰσῐ / τῐ́λμᾰσῐν toîs tĭ́lmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ tò tĭ́lmă	τὼ τῐ́λμᾰτε tṑ tĭ́lmăte	τᾰ̀ τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tằ tĭ́lmătă
Vocative	τῐ́λμᾰ tĭ́lmă	τῐ́λμᾰτε tĭ́lmăte	τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tĭ́lmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τῐλμᾰ́τῐον (tĭlmắtĭon)

Further reading

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