λαῖτμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connected with λαιμός (laimós, “throat”), assuming suffixes -τ-μα. If this connection is correct at all, it rather points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâi̯t.ma/ → /ˈlɛt.ma/ → /ˈlet.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lâi̯t.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛt.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlet.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlet.ma/

Noun

λαῖτμᾰ • (laîtma) n (genitive λαίτμᾰτος); third declension

1. (poetic) depth or gulf of the sea

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λαῖτμᾰ; τοῦ λαίτμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λαῖτμᾰ tò laîtma	τὼ λαίτμᾰτε tṑ laítmate	τᾰ̀ λαίτμᾰτᾰ tà laítmata
Genitive	τοῦ λαίτμᾰτος toû laítmatos	τοῖν λαιτμᾰ́τοιν toîn laitmátoin	τῶν λαιτμᾰ́των tôn laitmátōn
Dative	τῷ λαίτμᾰτῐ tôi laítmati	τοῖν λαιτμᾰ́τοιν toîn laitmátoin	τοῖς λαίτμᾰσῐ / λαίτμᾰσῐν toîs laítmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λαῖτμᾰ tò laîtma	τὼ λαίτμᾰτε tṑ laítmate	τᾰ̀ λαίτμᾰτᾰ tà laítmata
Vocative	λαῖτμᾰ laîtma	λαίτμᾰτε laítmate	λαίτμᾰτᾰ laítmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λαῖτμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαῖτμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λαῖτμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λαῖτμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN