λάλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λαλέω (laléō, “to chat, to prat”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.lɛː.ma/ → /ˈla.li.ma/ → /ˈla.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.lɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.le̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.li.ma/

Noun

λάλημᾰ • (lálēma) n (genitive λαλήμᾰτος); third declension

1. talk, prattle

   Synonym: λᾰλᾰγή (lalagḗ)

2. prater, chatterer
3. byword, a person talked about

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λάλημᾰ; τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēma	τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmate	τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tà lalḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος toû lalḗmatos	τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmátoin	τῶν λαλημᾰ́των tôn lalēmátōn
Dative	τῷ λαλήμᾰτῐ tôi lalḗmati	τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmátoin	τοῖς λαλήμᾰσῐ / λαλήμᾰσῐν toîs lalḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēma	τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmate	τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tà lalḗmata
Vocative	λάλημᾰ lálēma	λαλήμᾰτε lalḗmate	λαλήμᾰτᾰ lalḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Albanian: lajm

Further reading

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