ἄσκημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκέω (askéō, to train, practice) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.ma/ → /ˈas.ci.ma/ → /ˈas.ci.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ke̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/

Noun

ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ • (ắskēmă) n (genitive ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος); third declension

1. training, exercise, practice
2. (in warfare) branch of the service, arm

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ tò ắskēmă	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε tṑ ăskḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ tằ ăskḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος toû ăskḗmătos	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́τοιν toîn ăskēmắtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́των tôn ăskēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτῐ tôi ăskḗmătĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́τοιν toîn ăskēmắtoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓σκήμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓σκήμᾰσῐν toîs ăskḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ tò ắskēmă	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε tṑ ăskḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ tằ ăskḗmătă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ ắskēmă	ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε ăskḗmăte	ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ ăskḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄσκημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄσκημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσκημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)