δόνημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δονέω (donéō, “to shake”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.nɛː.ma/ → /ˈðo.ni.ma/ → /ˈðo.ni.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.nɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ne̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ni.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ni.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ni.ma/

Noun

δόνημᾰ • (dónēma) n (genitive δονήμᾰτος); third declension

1. agitation, waving (of trees)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δόνημᾰ; τοῦ δολνήᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δόνημᾰ tò dónēma	τὼ δολνήᾰτε tṑ dolnḗate	τᾰ̀ δολνήᾰτᾰ tà dolnḗata
Genitive	τοῦ δολνήᾰτος toû dolnḗatos	τοῖν δολνηᾰ́τοιν toîn dolnēátoin	τῶν δολνηᾰ́των tôn dolnēátōn
Dative	τῷ δολνήᾰτῐ tôi dolnḗati	τοῖν δολνηᾰ́τοιν toîn dolnēátoin	τοῖς δολνήᾰσῐ / δολνήᾰσῐν toîs dolnḗasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δόνημᾰ tò dónēma	τὼ δολνήᾰτε tṑ dolnḗate	τᾰ̀ δολνήᾰτᾰ tà dolnḗata
Vocative	δόνημᾰ dónēma	δολνήᾰτε dolnḗate	δολνήᾰτᾰ dolnḗata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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