σμῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to wipe, soap off”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈzmiɣ.ma/ → /ˈzmiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

σμῆγμᾰ • (smêgma) n (genitive σμήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. soap
2. unguent

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σμῆγμᾰ; τοῦ σμήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σμῆγμᾰ tò smêgma	τὼ σμήγμᾰτε tṑ smḗgmate	τᾰ̀ σμήγμᾰτᾰ tà smḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ σμήγμᾰτος toû smḗgmatos	τοῖν σμηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn smēgmátoin	τῶν σμηγμᾰ́των tôn smēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ σμήγμᾰτῐ tôi smḗgmati	τοῖν σμηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn smēgmátoin	τοῖς σμήγμᾰσῐ / σμήγμᾰσῐν toîs smḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σμῆγμᾰ tò smêgma	τὼ σμήγμᾰτε tṑ smḗgmate	τᾰ̀ σμήγμᾰτᾰ tà smḗgmata
Vocative	σμῆγμᾰ smêgma	σμήγμᾰτε smḗgmate	σμήγμᾰτᾰ smḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Armenian: սմեգմա (smegma)
• → Czech: smegma
• → Danish: smegma
• → Dutch: smegma
• → English: smegma
• → Finnish: smegma
• → French: smegma
• → German: Smegma, smegma
• → Latin: smegma
• → Lithuanian: smegma
• → Swedish: smegma
• → Classical Syriac: ܙܡܡܐ (zmamā)

Further reading

• σμῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σμῆγμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “σμῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press