πῆγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
πήγ(νῡμῐ) (pḗg(nūmi)) + -μᾰ (-ma)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe̝ɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/
Noun
πῆγμᾰ • (pêgma) n (genitive πήγμᾰτος); third declension
- anything fastened or joined together, a framework
- of a ship
- of a roof
- a stage or scaffold used in theatres
- a bookcase
- metaphorically:
- a bond in honour bound
- fabric
- anything congealed
- of frozen snow
- of fat
- of the waters of the Jordan
- that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgma |
τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmate |
τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tà pḗgmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πήγμᾰτος toû pḗgmatos |
τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmátoin |
τῶν πηγμᾰ́των tôn pēgmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πήγμᾰτῐ tôi pḗgmati |
τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmátoin |
τοῖς πήγμᾰσῐ / πήγμᾰσῐν toîs pḗgmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgma |
τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmate |
τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tà pḗgmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῆγμᾰ pêgma |
πήγμᾰτε pḗgmate |
πήγμᾰτᾰ pḗgmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πηγματίζω (pēgmatízō) (Byzantine)
- πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion)
- πηγματιστής (pēgmatistḗs) (Byzantine)
Descendants
- Latin: pēgma
References
- “πῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette