τμῆμα
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See also: τμήμα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the zero-grade of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tmɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtme̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtmi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtmi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtmi.ma/
Noun
[edit]τμῆμᾰ • (tmêma) n (genitive τμήμᾰτος); third declension
- something cut off
- cut, incision, wound
- section of a book
- (astrology) division between two signs of the zodiac
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τμῆμᾰ tò tmêma |
τὼ τμήμᾰτε tṑ tmḗmate |
τᾰ̀ τμήμᾰτᾰ tà tmḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τμήμᾰτος toû tmḗmatos |
τοῖν τμημᾰ́τοιν toîn tmēmátoin |
τῶν τμημᾰ́των tôn tmēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τμήμᾰτῐ tôi tmḗmati |
τοῖν τμημᾰ́τοιν toîn tmēmátoin |
τοῖς τμήμᾰσῐ / τμήμᾰσῐν toîs tmḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τμῆμᾰ tò tmêma |
τὼ τμήμᾰτε tṑ tmḗmate |
τᾰ̀ τμήμᾰτᾰ tà tmḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | τμῆμᾰ tmêma |
τμήμᾰτε tmḗmate |
τμήμᾰτᾰ tmḗmata | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέμνω (> DER > (B. With zero grade < *tmh₁-:) 1. τμῆ-μα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1465-6
Further reading
[edit]- “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bit idem, page 80.
- cut idem, page 192.
- dent idem, page 211.
- fragment idem, page 342.
- gash idem, page 354.
- incision idem, page 428.
- indentation idem, page 432.
- notch idem, page 562.
- particle idem, page 594.
- piece idem, page 611.
- scrap idem, page 742.
- section idem, page 747.
- segment idem, page 750.
- shred idem, page 770.
- slice idem, page 784.
- slit idem, page 785.
- strip idem, page 826.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
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