zema

See also: Zema, zémà, zemā, and zëma

Latin

Alternative forms

• zuma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈze.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.ma/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːmä]

Noun

zema n (genitive zematis); third declension

1. cooking utensil, saucepan

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	zema	zemata
genitive	zematis	zematum
dative	zematī	zematibus
accusative	zema	zemata
ablative	zemate	zematibus
vocative	zema	zemata

Descendants

• Aromanian: dzamã
• Romanian: zeamă

References

• “zema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• zema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “zema”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Adjective

zema

1. inflection of zems:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine