λέμμα

See also: λῆμμα and λήμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέπω (lépō, “I peel”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lém.ma/ → /ˈlem.ma/ → /ˈle.ma/

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

Noun

λέμμᾰ • (lémma) n (genitive λέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is peeled off, rind, husk
   1. (in the phrase ἰχθύων λέμματα) (fish)scales
   2. (figuratively, used of one who has been swindled) a mere husk

Declension

Third declension of τὸ λέμμᾰ; τοῦ λέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma	τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate	τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata
Genitive	τοῦ λέμμᾰτος toû lémmatos	τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin	τῶν λεμμᾰ́των tôn lemmátōn
Dative	τῷ λέμμᾰτῐ tôi lémmati	τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin	τοῖς λέμμᾰσῐ / λέμμᾰσῐν toîs lémmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma	τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate	τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata
Vocative	λέμμᾰ lémma	λέμμᾰτε lémmate	λέμμᾰτᾰ lémmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: lemma

References

• “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coating idem, page 141.
  • husk idem, page 412.
  • paring idem, page 592.
  • peel idem, page 602.
  • rind idem, page 716.
  • shell idem, page 764.