ἔγκλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκαλέω (enkaléō, “to bring a charge”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.klɛː.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡli.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡli.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.klɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kle̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡli.ma/

Noun

ἔγκλημᾰ • (énklēmă) n (genitive ἐγκλήμᾰτος); third declension

1. accusation, charge
2. written complaint
3. standing reproach

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔγκλημᾰ; τοῦ ἐγκλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγκλημᾰ tò énklēmă	τὼ ἐγκλήμᾰτε tṑ enklḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκλήμᾰτᾰ tằ enklḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκλήμᾰτος toû enklḗmătos	τοῖν ἐγκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn enklēmắtoin	τῶν ἐγκλημᾰ́των tôn enklēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκλήμᾰτῐ tôi enklḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἐγκλημᾰ́τοιν toîn enklēmắtoin	τοῖς ἐγκλήμᾰσῐ / ἐγκλήμᾰσῐν toîs enklḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγκλημᾰ tò énklēmă	τὼ ἐγκλήμᾰτε tṑ enklḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκλήμᾰτᾰ tằ enklḗmătă
Vocative	ἔγκλημᾰ énklēmă	ἐγκλήμᾰτε enklḗmăte	ἐγκλήμᾰτᾰ enklḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐγκλημᾰτῐ́ζω (enklēmătĭ́zō)
• ἐγκλημᾰτῐκός (enklēmătĭkós)
• ἐγκλημᾰ́τῐον (enklēmắtĭon)
• ἐγκλημᾰτογρᾰφέω (enklēmătogrăphéō)

Descendants

• Greek: έγκλημα (égklima)

Further reading

• “ἔγκλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔγκλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔγκλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκλημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)