δέρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dér.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/

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

Noun

δέρμᾰ • (dérma) n (genitive δέρμᾰτος); third declension

1. skin, hide

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δέρμᾰ; τοῦ δέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérma	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmate	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tà dérmata
Genitive	τοῦ δέρμᾰτος toû dérmatos	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermátoin	τῶν δερμᾰ́των tôn dermátōn
Dative	τῷ δέρμᾰτῐ tôi dérmati	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermátoin	τοῖς δέρμᾰσῐ / δέρμᾰσῐν toîs dérmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérma	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmate	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tà dérmata
Vocative	δέρμᾰ dérma	δέρμᾰτε dérmate	δέρμᾰτᾰ dérmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δερμάτινος (dermátinos)
• δερμᾰτοφόρος (dermatophóros)
• ὀστρᾰκόδερμος (ostrakódermos)
• παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ English: dermato-
• Greek: δέρμα (dérma)

Further reading

• “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δέρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1192 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fleece idem, page 327.
  • fur idem, page 350.
  • hide idem, page 398.
  • shell idem, page 764.
  • skin idem, page 781.
• “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈðɛɾma]

Noun

δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)

1. (anatomy) skin (of human or animal)
2. leather

Declension

Declension of δέρμα

	singular	plural
nominative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)
genitive	δέρματος (dérmatos)	δερμάτων (dermáton)
accusative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)
vocative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)

Derived terms

• αιγόδερμα n (aigóderma, “goatskin”)
• γιδόδερμα n (gidóderma, “kidskin”)
• δερμάτινος (dermátinos, “made from leather”)
• επιδερμίδα f (epidermída, “epidermis”)

See also

• ασκός m (askós, “wineskin”)
• σεβρό n (sevró, “kidskin”)
• φλούδα f (floúda, “fruit skin”)