σῆμα
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See also: σήμα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰyéh₂mn̥, from *dʰyeh₂- (“to notice”) (though Beekes is skeptical of the semantics). Cognate with Sanskrit ध्यायति (dhyāyati, “think of, imagine”), ध्यान (dhyāna, “meditation”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈse̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma/
Noun
[edit]σῆμᾰ • (sêma) n (genitive σήμᾰτος); third declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σῆμᾰ tò sêma |
τὼ σήμᾰτε tṑ sḗmate |
τᾰ̀ σήμᾰτᾰ tà sḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σήμᾰτος toû sḗmatos |
τοῖν σημᾰ́τοιν toîn sēmátoin |
τῶν σημᾰ́των tôn sēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σήμᾰτῐ tôi sḗmati |
τοῖν σημᾰ́τοιν toîn sēmátoin |
τοῖς σήμᾰσῐ / σήμᾰσῐν toîs sḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σῆμᾰ tò sêma |
τὼ σήμᾰτε tṑ sḗmate |
τᾰ̀ σήμᾰτᾰ tà sḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῆμᾰ sêma |
σήμᾰτε sḗmate |
σήμᾰτᾰ sḗmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῆμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1323
Further reading
[edit]- “σῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σῆμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- armorial bearings idem, page 40.
- badge idem, page 59.
- barrow idem, page 64.
- blazonry idem, page 82.
- cemetery idem, page 122.
- coat idem, page 141.
- countersign idem, page 178.
- crest idem, page 184.
- device idem, page 220.
- emblem idem, page 267.
- escutcheon idem, page 282.
- figure-head idem, page 319.
- grave idem, page 371.
- indication idem, page 432.
- insignia idem, page 444.
- landmark idem, page 475.
- mound idem, page 543.
- omen idem, page 572.
- password idem, page 597.
- portent idem, page 627.
- sepulchre idem, page 754.
- sign idem, page 774.
- signal idem, page 775.
- star idem, page 811.
- symbol idem, page 850.
- tomb idem, page 880.
- watch-word idem, page 966.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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