γλύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlým.ma/ → /ˈɣlym.ma/ → /ˈɣli.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlým.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlym.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlym.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlym.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.ma/

Noun

γλύμμᾰ • (glúmma) n (genitive γλύμμᾰτος); third declension

1. engraved figure, signet

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ γλῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ γλῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γλῠ́μμᾰ tò glúmma	τὼ γλῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ glúmmate	τᾰ̀ γλῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà glúmmata
Genitive	τοῦ γλῠ́μμᾰτος toû glúmmatos	τοῖν γλῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn glummátoin	τῶν γλῠμμᾰ́των tôn glummátōn
Dative	τῷ γλῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi glúmmati	τοῖν γλῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn glummátoin	τοῖς γλῠ́μμᾰσῐ / γλῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs glúmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γλῠ́μμᾰ tò glúmma	τὼ γλῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ glúmmate	τᾰ̀ γλῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà glúmmata
Vocative	γλῠ́μμᾰ glúmma	γλῠ́μμᾰτε glúmmate	γλῠ́μμᾰτᾰ glúmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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