δίλημμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δι- (di-, “twice”) +‎ λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.lɛːm.ma/ → /ˈði.lim.ma/ → /ˈði.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.lɛːm.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.le̝m.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.lim.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.li.ma/

Noun

δῐ́λημμᾰ • (dílēmma) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension

1. a conclusion from two premises

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ; τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: dilemma

References

• “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.