ἰδίωμα

See also: ιδίωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἰδῐόω (idĭóō) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă); see ἴδιος (ídios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.dí.ɔː.ma/ → /iˈði.o.ma/ → /iˈði.o.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.dí.ɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈdi.o.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/

Noun

ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ • (ĭdĭ́ōmă) n (genitive ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος); third declension

1. peculiarity, specific property, unique feature
2. peculiarity of style
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Letter to Ammaeus 2t
   1. idiom
      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 157.9
   2. style
      • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 15.696e

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ; τοῦ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ tò ĭdĭ́ōmă	τὼ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε tṑ ĭdĭṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ tằ ĭdĭṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος toû ĭdĭṓmătos	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́τοιν toîn ĭdĭōmắtoin	τῶν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́των tôn ĭdĭōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτῐ tôi ĭdĭṓmătĭ	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́τοιν toîn ĭdĭōmắtoin	τοῖς ῐ̓δῐώμᾰσῐ / ῐ̓δῐώμᾰσῐν toîs ĭdĭṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ tò ĭdĭ́ōmă	τὼ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε tṑ ĭdĭṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ tằ ĭdĭṓmătă
Vocative	ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ ĭdĭ́ōmă	ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε ĭdĭṓmăte	ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ ĭdĭṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτεύομαι (ĭdĭōmăteúomai)
• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτῐκός (ĭdĭōmătĭkós)

Descendants

• → Latin: idiōma

Further reading

• “ἰδίωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰδίωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette