λέμμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From λέπω (lépō, “I peel”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma/
Noun
[edit]λέμμᾰ • (lémma) n (genitive λέμμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is peeled off, rind, husk
- (in the phrase ἰχθύων λέμματα) (fish)scales
- (figuratively, used of one who has been swindled) a mere husk
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma |
τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate |
τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λέμμᾰτος toû lémmatos |
τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin |
τῶν λεμμᾰ́των tôn lemmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λέμμᾰτῐ tôi lémmati |
τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin |
τοῖς λέμμᾰσῐ / λέμμᾰσῐν toîs lémmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma |
τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate |
τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμμᾰ lémma |
λέμμᾰτε lémmate |
λέμμᾰτᾰ lémmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- English: lemma
References
[edit]- “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.