ἄλγημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλγέω (algéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.ɡɛː.ma/ → /ˈal.ʝi.ma/ → /ˈal.ʝi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ɡɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/

Noun

ἄλγημα • (álgēma) n (genitive ἀλγήματος); third declension

1. pain (felt or caused), suffering

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄλγημᾰ; τοῦ ἀλγήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄλγημᾰ tò álgēmă	τὼ ἀλγήμᾰτε tṑ algḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ tằ algḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλγήμᾰτος toû algḗmătos	τοῖν ἀλγημᾰ́τοιν toîn algēmắtoin	τῶν ἀλγημᾰ́των tôn algēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλγήμᾰτῐ tôi algḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἀλγημᾰ́τοιν toîn algēmắtoin	τοῖς ἀλγήμᾰσῐ / ἀλγήμᾰσῐν toîs algḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄλγημᾰ tò álgēmă	τὼ ἀλγήμᾰτε tṑ algḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ tằ algḗmătă
Vocative	ἄλγημᾰ álgēmă	ἀλγήμᾰτε algḗmăte	ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ algḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers