πῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πήγ(νῡμῐ) (pḗg(nūmi)) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̝ɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpiɣ.ma/

Noun

πῆγμᾰ • (pêgma) n (genitive πήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything fastened or joined together, a framework
   1. of a ship
   2. of a roof
   3. a stage or scaffold used in theatres
   4. a bookcase
   5. metaphorically:
      1. a bond in honour bound
      2. fabric
2. anything congealed
   1. of frozen snow
   2. of fat
   3. of the waters of the Jordan
3. that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πῆγμᾰ; τοῦ πήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgma	τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmate	τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tà pḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ πήγμᾰτος toû pḗgmatos	τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmátoin	τῶν πηγμᾰ́των tôn pēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ πήγμᾰτῐ tôi pḗgmati	τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn pēgmátoin	τοῖς πήγμᾰσῐ / πήγμᾰσῐν toîs pḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πῆγμᾰ tò pêgma	τὼ πήγμᾰτε tṑ pḗgmate	τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ tà pḗgmata
Vocative	πῆγμᾰ pêgma	πήγμᾰτε pḗgmate	πήγμᾰτᾰ pḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πηγματίζω (pēgmatízō) (Byzantine)
• πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion)
• πηγματιστής (pēgmatistḗs) (Byzantine)

Descendants

• Latin: pēgma

References

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