κλέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klém.ma/ → /ˈklem.ma/ → /ˈkle.ma/

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

Noun

κλέμμᾰ • (klémma) n (genitive κλέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. thing stolen
2. theft
3. stratagem in war

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλέμμᾰ; τοῦ κλέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémma	τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmate	τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tà klémmata
Genitive	τοῦ κλέμμᾰτος toû klémmatos	τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmátoin	τῶν κλεμμᾰ́των tôn klemmátōn
Dative	τῷ κλέμμᾰτῐ tôi klémmati	τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmátoin	τοῖς κλέμμᾰσῐ / κλέμμᾰσῐν toîs klémmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémma	τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmate	τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tà klémmata
Vocative	κλέμμᾰ klémma	κλέμμᾰτε klémmate	κλέμμᾰτᾰ klémmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κλέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette