νῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέω (neō, “spin”) +‎ -μα

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /nɛ́͜ɛma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /néːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /níma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /níma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /níma/

Noun

νῆμα (genitive νήματος) n, third declension; (nēma)

1. That which is spun: thread, yarn
2. silk
3. a spider's web

Inflection

Third declension of νῆμᾰ, νήμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῆμᾰ	τὼ νήμᾰτε	τὰ νήμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ νήμᾰτος	τοῖν νημάτοιν	τῶν νημάτων
Dative	τῷ νήμᾰτῐ	τοῖν νημάτοιν	τοῖς νήμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ νῆμᾰ	τὼ νήμᾰτε	τὰ νήμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	νῆμᾰ	νήμᾰτε	νήμᾰτᾰ

References

• νῆμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940