στίγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek root στιγ- (stig-), whence also στίζω (stízō, “I mark”), and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stíŋ.ma/ → /ˈstiɣ.ma/ → /ˈstiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

στῐ́γμᾰ • (stígma) n (genitive στῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. A mark from a pointed instrument, often as a sign of ownership: mark, brand, tattoo
2. Any mark or spot
3. (colour): gold

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ; τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stígma	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stígmate	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà stígmata
Genitive	τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος toû stígmatos	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stigmátoin	τῶν στῐγμᾰ́των tôn stigmátōn
Dative	τῷ στῐ́γμᾰτῐ tôi stígmati	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stigmátoin	τοῖς στῐ́γμᾰσῐ / στῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs stígmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stígma	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stígmate	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà stígmata
Vocative	στῐ́γμᾰ stígma	στῐ́γμᾰτε stígmate	στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ stígmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: estigma
• English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
• Esperanto: stigmo
• French: stigma, stigmate
• German: Stigma

• Greek: στίγμα (stígma)
• Latin: stigma
• Portuguese: estigma
• Spanish: estigma

Further reading

• “στίγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στίγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4742 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

Noun

στίγμα • (stígma) n (plural στίγματα)

1. stigma (mark of infamy)
2. disgrace
3. scar, birthmark
4. stigma (Ϛ and ϛ: a ligature of the Greek letters lunate sigma and tau)

Declension

declension of στίγμα

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	στίγμα •	στίγματα •
genitive	στίγματος •	στιγμάτων •
accusative	στίγμα •	στίγματα •
vocative	στίγμα •	στίγματα •

Synonyms

• (birthmark): σημάδι n (simádi)

Related terms

• στιγματίζω (stigmatízo, “stigmatise, disgrace”)
• στιγματισμός m (stigmatismós, “stigmatisation”)

See also

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Further reading

• στίγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el