λαῖτμα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Connected with λαιμός (laimós, “throat”), assuming suffixes -τ-μα. If this connection is correct at all, it rather points to Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lâi̯t.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛt.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlɛt.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlet.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlet.ma/
Noun
[edit]λαῖτμᾰ • (laîtma) n (genitive λαίτμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λαῖτμᾰ tò laîtma |
τὼ λαίτμᾰτε tṑ laítmate |
τᾰ̀ λαίτμᾰτᾰ tà laítmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λαίτμᾰτος toû laítmatos |
τοῖν λαιτμᾰ́τοιν toîn laitmátoin |
τῶν λαιτμᾰ́των tôn laitmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λαίτμᾰτῐ tôi laítmati |
τοῖν λαιτμᾰ́τοιν toîn laitmátoin |
τοῖς λαίτμᾰσῐ / λαίτμᾰσῐν toîs laítmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λαῖτμᾰ tò laîtma |
τὼ λαίτμᾰτε tṑ laítmate |
τᾰ̀ λαίτμᾰτᾰ tà laítmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | λαῖτμᾰ laîtma |
λαίτμᾰτε laítmate |
λαίτμᾰτᾰ laítmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “λαῖτμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαῖτμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαῖτμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαῖτμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek properispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek poetic terms