ἅλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to jump, to leap”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hál.ma/ → /ˈal.ma/ → /ˈal.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hál.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)al.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ma/

Noun

ἅλμᾰ • (hálma) n (genitive ἅλμᾰτος); third declension

1. spring, leap
2. jumping, as an athletic contest
3. (medicine) pulsation, palpitation (of the embryo or of the heart)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ tò hálma	τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε tṑ hálmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ tà hálmata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτος toû hálmatos	τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν toîn halmátoin	τῶν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́των tôn halmátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτῐ tôi hálmati	τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν toîn halmátoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐν toîs hálmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ tò hálma	τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε tṑ hálmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ tà hálmata
Vocative	ᾰ̔́λμᾰ hálma	ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε hálmate	ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ hálmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλμα (álma)

Synonyms

• πήδημα (pḗdēma)

Further reading

• “ἅλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἅλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette