δέρμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δάρμα (dárma) — Delphic

Etymology

δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dér.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/

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

Noun

δέρμᾰ • (dérmă) n (genitive δέρμᾰτος); third declension

1. skin, hide

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δέρμᾰ; τοῦ δέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă
Genitive	τοῦ δέρμᾰτος toû dérmătos	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin	τῶν δερμᾰ́των tôn dermắtōn
Dative	τῷ δέρμᾰτῐ tôi dérmătĭ	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin	τοῖς δέρμᾰσῐ / δέρμᾰσῐν toîs dérmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă
Vocative	δέρμᾰ dérmă	δέρμᾰτε dérmăte	δέρμᾰτᾰ dérmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δερμάτινος (dermátinos)
• δερμᾰτοφόρος (dermătophóros)
• ὀστρᾰκόδερμος (ostrăkódermos)
• παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos)

Descendants

• →⇒ English: dermato-
• Greek: δέρμα (dérma)

Further reading

• “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δέρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1192 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fleece idem, page 327.
  • fur idem, page 350.
  • hide idem, page 398.
  • shell idem, page 764.
  • skin idem, page 781.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈðɛɾma]

Noun

δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)

1. (anatomy) skin (of human or animal)
2. leather

Declension

Declension of δέρμα

	singular	plural
nominative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)
genitive	δέρματος (dérmatos)	δερμάτων (dermáton)
accusative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)
vocative	δέρμα (dérma)	δέρματα (dérmata)

Derived terms

• αιγόδερμα n (aigóderma, “goatskin”)
• γιδόδερμα n (gidóderma, “kidskin”)
• δερμάτινος (dermátinos, “made from leather”)
• επιδερμίδα f (epidermída, “epidermis”)

See also

• ασκός m (askós, “wineskin”)
• σεβρό n (sevró, “kidskin”)
• φλούδα f (floúda, “fruit skin”)