ζέμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ζέω (zéō, “I boil, I seethe”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdé.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
Noun
editζέμᾰ • (zéma) n (genitive ζέμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zéma |
τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate |
τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζέμᾰτος toû zématos |
τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin |
τῶν ζεμᾰ́των tôn zemátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζέμᾰτῐ tôi zémati |
τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin |
τοῖς ζέμᾰσῐ / ζέμᾰσῐν toîs zémasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zéma |
τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate |
τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζέμᾰ zéma |
ζέμᾰτε zémate |
ζέμᾰτᾰ zémata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ζέμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζέμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette