τέμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.ma.kʰos/ → /ˈte.ma.xos/ → /ˈte.ma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ma.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma.xos/

Noun

τέμᾰχος • (témakhos) n (genitive τεμᾰ́χους); third declension

1. slice of fish
2. slice of any food (meat, cheese)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τέμᾰχος; τοῦ τεμᾰ́χους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέμᾰχος tò témakhos	τὼ τεμᾰ́χει tṑ temákhei	τᾰ̀ τεμᾰ́χη tà temákhē
Genitive	τοῦ τεμᾰ́χους toû temákhous	τοῖν τεμᾰχοῖν toîn temakhoîn	τῶν τεμᾰχῶν tôn temakhôn
Dative	τῷ τεμᾰ́χει tôi temákhei	τοῖν τεμᾰχοῖν toîn temakhoîn	τοῖς τεμᾰ́χεσῐ / τεμᾰ́χεσῐν toîs temákhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέμᾰχος tò témakhos	τὼ τεμᾰ́χει tṑ temákhei	τᾰ̀ τεμᾰ́χη tà temákhē
Vocative	τέμᾰχος témakhos	τεμᾰ́χει temákhei	τεμᾰ́χη temákhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• τόμος (tómos)

References

• “τέμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τέμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette