ἕρμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps related to εἴρω (eírō, “I string together”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hér.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)er.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈer.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈer.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈer.ma/
Noun
ἕρμᾰ • (hérma) n (genitive ἕρμᾰτος); third declension
- prop, support, foundation, stay (of a ship), ballast
- defense, cause
- reef, rock
- hill
- heap of stones, cairn
- pendant of the ear, earring
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἕρμᾰ tò hérma |
τὼ ἕρμᾰτε tṑ hérmate |
τᾰ̀ ἕρμᾰτᾰ tà hérmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἕρμᾰτος toû hérmatos |
τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́τοιν toîn hermátoin |
τῶν ἑρμᾰ́των tôn hermátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἕρμᾰτῐ tôi hérmati |
τοῖν ἑρμᾰ́τοιν toîn hermátoin |
τοῖς ἕρμᾰσῐ / ἕρμᾰσῐν toîs hérmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἕρμᾰ tò hérma |
τὼ ἕρμᾰτε tṑ hérmate |
τᾰ̀ ἕρμᾰτᾰ tà hérmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕρμᾰ hérma |
ἕρμᾰτε hérmate |
ἕρμᾰτᾰ hérmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
See also
- 𐀁𐀔𐀲 (e-ma-ta)
References
- “ἕρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἕρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἕρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕρμα 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.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek words suffixed with -μα