ἄργματα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἄρχ(ω) (árkh(ō), “I begin”) + suffix -μα (-ma) in the plural -ματα with *ἀρχ-μα > *ἀργ-μα, of which this form is the plural.
*ἄρχματα (*árkhmata) is found in ἀπάρχματα θεοῖς (apárkhmata theoîs, “sacrifices for the gods”) at Hesychius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /árŋ.ma.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈarɡ.ma.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
Noun
[edit]ἄργμᾰτα • (árgmata) n (genitive ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των); third declension
- (plural only) firstlings at a feast or sacrifices
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των tôn argmátōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐν toîs árgmasi(n) | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata | ||||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ árgmata | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “ἄργματα”, “ἄργμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
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- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
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