ἔκτμημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ τμῆμᾰ (tmêmă) or ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ékt.mɛː.ma/ → /ˈekt.mi.ma/ → /ˈekt.mi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ékt.mɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.me̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/

Noun

ἔκτμημᾰ • (éktmēmă) n (genitive ἐκτμήμᾰτος); third declension

1. section, segment, zone
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 362b.5:

     τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον πρὸς τὸν κάτω πόλον ἕτεροι δύο κῶνοι τῆς γῆς ἐκτμήματα ποιοῦσι.

     tòn autòn dè trópon pròs tòn kátō pólon héteroi dúo kônoi tês gês ektmḗmata poioûsi.

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   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 363a.29:

     δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἕτερον ἔκτμημα τὸ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οἰκούμενον·

     deî dè noeîn autoû tò héteron éktmēma tò huph’ hēmôn oikoúmenon;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Gem. 16.5
   • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 26.27.6
   • 150 CE – 250 CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias, in Mete. 108.18

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ; τοῦ ἐκτμήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēmă	τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tằ ektmḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτμήμᾰτος toû ektmḗmătos	τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmắtoin	τῶν ἐκτμημᾰ́των tôn ektmēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτμήμᾰτῐ tôi ektmḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmắtoin	τοῖς ἐκτμήμᾰσῐ / ἐκτμήμᾰσῐν toîs ektmḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēmă	τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tằ ektmḗmătă
Vocative	ἔκτμημᾰ éktmēmă	ἐκτμήμᾰτε ektmḗmăte	ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ ektmḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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