κρᾶμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krâː.ma/ → /ˈkra.ma/ → /ˈkra.ma/

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

Noun

κρᾶμᾰ • (krâma) n (genitive κρᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. mixture
2. alloy of metals

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κρᾶμᾰ; τοῦ κρᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρᾶμᾰ tò krâma	τὼ κρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ krā́mate	τᾰ̀ κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà krā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ κρᾱ́μᾰτος toû krā́matos	τοῖν κρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn krāmátoin	τῶν κρᾱμᾰ́των tôn krāmátōn
Dative	τῷ κρᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi krā́mati	τοῖν κρᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn krāmátoin	τοῖς κρᾱ́μᾰσῐ / κρᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs krā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κρᾶμᾰ tò krâma	τὼ κρᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ krā́mate	τᾰ̀ κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà krā́mata
Vocative	κρᾶμᾰ krâma	κρᾱ́μᾰτε krā́mate	κρᾱ́μᾰτᾰ krā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κραμάτινος (kramátinos)
• κραμάτιον (kramátion)
• κραματοποιέω (kramatopoiéō)

 

Further reading

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