δῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

δῆγμᾰ • (dêgma) n (genitive δήγμᾰτος); third declension

1. bite, sting

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῆγμᾰ; τοῦ δήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῆγμᾰ tò dêgma	τὼ δήγμᾰτε tṑ dḗgmate	τᾰ̀ δήγμᾰτᾰ tà dḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ δήγμᾰτος toû dḗgmatos	τοῖν δηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dēgmátoin	τῶν δηγμᾰ́των tôn dēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ δήγμᾰτῐ tôi dḗgmati	τοῖν δηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dēgmátoin	τοῖς δήγμᾰσῐ / δήγμᾰσῐν toîs dḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῆγμᾰ tò dêgma	τὼ δήγμᾰτε tṑ dḗgmate	τᾰ̀ δήγμᾰτᾰ tà dḗgmata
Vocative	δῆγμᾰ dêgma	δήγμᾰτε dḗgmate	δήγμᾰτᾰ dḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θηριόδηγμα (thēriódēgma)

Descendants

• Greek: δήγμα (dígma)

Further reading

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