ἄργματα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρχ(ω) (árkh(ō), “I begin”) + suffix -μα (-ma) in the plural -ματα with *ἀρχ-μα > *ἀργ-μα, of which this form is the plural.

*ἄρχματα (*árkhmata) is found in ἀπάρχματα θεοῖς (apárkhmata theoîs, “sacrifices for the gods”) at Hesychius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /árŋ.ma.ta/ → /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/ → /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /árŋ.ma.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈarɡ.ma.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/

Noun

ἄργμᾰτα • (árgmata) n (genitive ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των); third declension

1. (plural only) firstlings at a feast or sacrifices

Inflection

Third declension of τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ; τῶν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata
Genitive	τῶν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των tôn argmátōn
Dative	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐν toîs árgmasi(n)
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ árgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄργματα”, “ἄργμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011