ἅμα

See also: άμα and Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἅμ’ (hám’) — apocopic
• ἁμᾶ (hamâ) — Laconian, Doric

Etymology

From the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”).

The dative is from the PIE comitative-instrumental.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /há.ma/ → /ˈa.ma/ → /ˈa.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /há.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)a.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/

Adverb

ᾰ̔́μᾰ • (háma)

1. marking the simultaneous occurrence of two events: simultaneously, at once, at the same time
2. marking general concurrence (spatial, temporal, etc: together)

Preposition

ᾰ̔́μᾰ • (háma) (governs the dative)

1. at the same time with
2. together with
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 46.8

Derived terms

• ᾰ̔μᾰμηλῐ́ς (hamamēlís)

Descendants

• Greek: άμα (áma)

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

Further reading

• “ἅμᾰ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἅμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἅμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἅμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἅμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἅμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G260 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alike idem, page 22.
  • coincident with idem, page 142.
  • concurrently idem, page 156.
  • conjunction idem, page 160.
  • contemporary idem, page 167.
  • equally idem, page 280.
  • indifferently idem, page 433.
  • jointly idem, page 463.
  • likewise idem, page 492.
  • once idem, page 573.
  • one idem, page 573.
  • same idem, page 732.
  • simultaneously idem, page 777.
  • stretch idem, page 825.
  • together idem, page 880.
  • well idem, page 973.
  • with idem, page 983.
  • withal idem, page 984.