δέρμα

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

δέρω (dérō, “I skin”, “I flay”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma)

PronunciationEdit

 

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

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

NounEdit

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

1. skin, hide

DeclensionEdit

Third declension of τὸ δέρμᾰ; τοῦ δέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérma	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmate	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tà dérmata
Genitive	τοῦ δέρμᾰτος toû dérmatos	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermátoin	τῶν δερμᾰ́των tôn dermátōn
Dative	τῷ δέρμᾰτῐ tôi dérmati	τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermátoin	τοῖς δέρμᾰσῐ(ν) toîs dérmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérma	τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmate	τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tà dérmata
Vocative	δέρμᾰ dérma	δέρμᾰτε dérmate	δέρμᾰτᾰ dérmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

DescendantsEdit

• English: adermatoglyphia
• Greek: δέρμα (dérma)

ReferencesEdit

• 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 (© 2006–2017)
• δέρμα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1192”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• 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.
• derma in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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GreekEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈðɛɾma]

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)

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

DeclensionEdit

declension of δέρμα

	singular	plural
nominative	δέρμα •	δέρματα •
genitive	δέρματος •	δερμάτων •
accusative	δέρμα •	δέρματα •
vocative	δέρμα •	δέρματα •

Derived termsEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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