τέλμα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The origin remains unexplained. Has been compared to Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tél.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
Noun[edit]
τέλμᾰ • (télma) n (genitive τέλμᾰτος); third declension
- standing water, pond, marsh, swamp
- (in the plural) lowlands subject to inundation, water meadows
- mud used as a mortar
- space pointed with mortar, between the courses of masonry
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέλμᾰ tò télma |
τὼ τέλμᾰτε tṑ télmate |
τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ tà télmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέλμᾰτος toû télmatos |
τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν toîn telmátoin |
τῶν τελμᾰ́των tôn telmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέλμᾰτῐ tôi télmati |
τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν toîn telmátoin |
τοῖς τέλμᾰσῐ / τέλμᾰσῐν toîs télmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέλμᾰ tò télma |
τὼ τέλμᾰτε tṑ télmate |
τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ tà télmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέλμᾰ télma |
τέλμᾰτε télmate |
τέλμᾰτᾰ télmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- τελμᾰτόομαι (telmatóomai)
- τελμᾰτώδης (telmatṓdēs)
- τελμᾰτῐαῖος (telmatiaîos)
- τελμῐ́ς (telmís)
Further reading[edit]
- “τέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek[edit]
Noun[edit]
τέλμα • (télma) n (plural τέλματα)
Declension[edit]
declension of τέλμα
Synonyms[edit]
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek nouns
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