zmegma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈzmeːɡ.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡zmɛɡ.ma]

Noun

zmēgma n (genitive zmēgmatis); variously declined, third declension, second declension

1. alternative form of smēgma (“ointment”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) or second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	zmēgma	zmēgmata
genitive	zmēgmatis	zmēgmatum zmēgmatōrum
dative	zmēgmatī	zmēgmatibus zmēgmatīs
accusative	zmēgma	zmēgmata
ablative	zmēgmate	zmēgmatibus zmēgmatīs
vocative	zmēgma	zmēgmata

The second-declension plural is generally post-Classical, though dative plural smēgmatīs / zmēgmatīs occurs once in Pliny.

Related terms

• smēcticus
• smēgmārius
• smēgmātor
• zmēcticus

Further reading

• “zmegma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “zmegma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• zmēgma in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung