δίλημμα
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
editFrom δι- (di-, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.lɛːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.le̝m.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.li.ma/
Noun
editδῐ́λημμᾰ • (dílēmma) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension
- a conclusion from two premises
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dílēmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος toû dilḗmmatos |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τῶν δῐλημμᾰ́των tôn dilēmmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δῐλήμμᾰτῐ tôi dilḗmmati |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τοῖς δῐλήμμᾰσῐ / δῐλήμμᾰσῐν toîs dilḗmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dílēmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐ́λημμᾰ dílēmma |
δῐλήμμᾰτε dilḗmmate |
δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Latin: dilemma
References
edit- “δίλημμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δίλημμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίλημμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “dilemma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with δι-
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
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