κλίμα

See also: κλήμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῐ́νω (klínō, “to slope, incline”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klí.ma/ → /ˈkli.ma/ → /ˈkli.ma/

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

Noun

κλῐ́μᾰ • (klíma) n (genitive κλῐ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. a slope, inclination
2. the supposed slope of the earth from the equator to the pole; (terrestrial) latitude
3. a region, zone or belt of the earth; a clime

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ; τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klíma	τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klímate	τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tà klímata
Genitive	τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος toû klímatos	τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klimátoin	τῶν κλῐμᾰ́των tôn klimátōn
Dative	τῷ κλῐ́μᾰτῐ tôi klímati	τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klimátoin	τοῖς κλῐ́μᾰσῐ / κλῐ́μᾰσῐν toîs klímasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klíma	τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klímate	τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tà klímata
Vocative	κλῐ́μᾰ klíma	κλῐ́μᾰτε klímate	κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ klímata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλιματάρχης (klimatárkhēs)
• κλιματίας (klimatías)
• κλιματικός (klimatikós)

Descendants

• → Arabic: إقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm)
  • → Hebrew: אַקְלִים (aklím)
  • → Malay: iklim
  • → Sundanese: ᮄᮊᮣᮤᮙ᮪ (iklim)
  • → Turkish: iklim
• Aramaic:

  → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܝܡܐ (qəlīmā)

• Greek: κλίμα (klíma)
• → Latin: clima
  • → French: climat
    • → Dutch: klimaat
    • → English: climate
  • → German: Klima
  • → English: clime
• → Old Armenian: կլիմայ (klimay), կղիմայ (kłimay)
  • → Middle Armenian: կլիմ (klim), կլեմ (klem)

References

• “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κλίμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2824 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Noun

κλίμα • (klíma) n (plural κλίματα)

1. (meteorology) climate
2. (figuratively) atmosphere, mood
3. (religion) see, the district or area covered by a Greek Orthodox patriarchate

   Η Κρήτη ανήκει στο κλίμα του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου.

   Crete is in the klima of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Declension

Declension of κλίμα

	singular	plural
nominative	κλίμα •	κλίματα •
genitive	κλίματος •	κλιμάτων •
accusative	κλίμα •	κλίματα •
vocative	κλίμα •	κλίματα •

See also

• αρχιεπισκοπή f (archiepiskopí, “see, archbishopric”)