ἄσκημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκέω (askéō, to train, practice) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.ma/ → /ˈas.ci.ma/ → /ˈas.ci.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.kɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ke̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ci.ma/

Noun

ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ • (áskēma) n (genitive ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος); third declension

1. training, exercise, practice
2. (in warfare) branch of the service, arm

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ tò áskēma	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε tṑ askḗmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ tà askḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτος toû askḗmatos	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́τοιν toîn askēmátoin	τῶν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́των tôn askēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτῐ tôi askḗmati	τοῖν ᾰ̓σκημᾰ́τοιν toîn askēmátoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓σκήμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓σκήμᾰσῐν toîs askḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ tò áskēma	τὼ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε tṑ askḗmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ tà askḗmata
Vocative	ᾰ̓́σκημᾰ áskēma	ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτε askḗmate	ᾰ̓σκήμᾰτᾰ askḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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