θέλημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέλω (thélō, “I resolve”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.lɛː.ma/ → /ˈθe.li.ma/ → /ˈθe.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.lɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.le̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.li.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.li.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.li.ma/

Noun

θέλημᾰ • (thélēma) n (genitive θελήμᾰτος); third declension

1. will, desire
2. errand

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ θέλημᾰ; τοῦ θελήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θέλημᾰ tò thélēma	τὼ θελήμᾰτε tṑ thelḗmate	τᾰ̀ θελήμᾰτᾰ tà thelḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ θελήμᾰτος toû thelḗmatos	τοῖν θελημᾰ́τοιν toîn thelēmátoin	τῶν θελημᾰ́των tôn thelēmátōn
Dative	τῷ θελήμᾰτῐ tôi thelḗmati	τοῖν θελημᾰ́τοιν toîn thelēmátoin	τοῖς θελήμᾰσῐ / θελήμᾰσῐν toîs thelḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θέλημᾰ tò thélēma	τὼ θελήμᾰτε tṑ thelḗmate	τᾰ̀ θελήμᾰτᾰ tà thelḗmata
Vocative	θέλημᾰ thélēma	θελήμᾰτε thelḗmate	θελήμᾰτᾰ thelḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “θέλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θέλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θέλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2307 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible