κάσσυμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́ττῡμᾰ (káttūma) — Attic

Etymology

From κᾰσσῡ́ω (kassū́ō, “to stitch, sew together”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kás.syː.ma/ → /ˈkas.sy.ma/ → /ˈka.si.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kás.syː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.sy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.sy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.sy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.si.ma/

Noun

κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ • (kássūma) n (genitive κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. anything stitched of leather
2. sole of a shoe or sandal
3. (figuratively, in the plural) patchings, botchings, of bad music

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ; τοῦ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ tò kássūma	τὼ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kassū́mate	τᾰ̀ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kassū́mata
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτος toû kassū́matos	τοῖν κᾰσσῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kassūmátoin	τῶν κᾰσσῡμᾰ́των tôn kassūmátōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi kassū́mati	τοῖν κᾰσσῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kassūmátoin	τοῖς κᾰσσῡ́μᾰσῐ / κᾰσσῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs kassū́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ tò kássūma	τὼ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kassū́mate	τᾰ̀ κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kassū́mata
Vocative	κᾰ́σσῡμᾰ kássūma	κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτε kassū́mate	κᾰσσῡ́μᾰτᾰ kassū́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάσσυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάσσυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette