δράγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dráŋ.ma/ → /ˈðraɣ.ma/ → /ˈðraɣ.ma/

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

Noun

δρᾰ́γμᾰ • (drágma) n (genitive δρᾰ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. handful, bunch
2. sheaf, bundle of ears of corn

   Synonym: ἄμᾰλλᾰ (ámalla)

3. (later) uncut corn

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ δρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ tò drágma	τὼ δρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ drágmate	τᾰ̀ δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà drágmata
Genitive	τοῦ δρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû drágmatos	τοῖν δρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dragmátoin	τῶν δρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn dragmátōn
Dative	τῷ δρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi drágmati	τοῖν δρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dragmátoin	τοῖς δρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / δρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs drágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δρᾰ́γμᾰ tò drágma	τὼ δρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ drágmate	τᾰ̀ δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà drágmata
Vocative	δρᾰ́γμᾰ drágma	δρᾰ́γμᾰτε drágmate	δρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ drágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δρᾰγμᾰτεύω (dragmateúō)
• δρᾰγμᾰτηγός (dragmatēgós)
• δρᾰγμᾰτηφόρος (dragmatēphóros)
• δρᾰγμᾰτοκλεπτέω (dragmatokleptéō)
• δρᾰγμᾰτολόγος (dragmatológos)

 

Further reading

• “δράγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δράγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δράγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δράγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)