λεῖμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείπω (leípō, “to leave, to quit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lêːm.ma/ → /ˈlim.ma/ → /ˈli.ma/

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

Noun

λεῖμμᾰ • (leîmma) n (genitive λείμμᾰτος); third declension

1. A remnant, a residue
   1. (music) A semitone, a small musical interval
   2. An intermission in fever
   3. A deficiency

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λεῖμμᾰ; τοῦ λείμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmma	τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmate	τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tà leímmata
Genitive	τοῦ λείμμᾰτος toû leímmatos	τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmátoin	τῶν λειμμᾰ́των tôn leimmátōn
Dative	τῷ λείμμᾰτῐ tôi leímmati	τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmátoin	τοῖς λείμμᾰσῐ / λείμμᾰσῐν toîs leímmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmma	τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmate	τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tà leímmata
Vocative	λεῖμμᾰ leîmma	λείμμᾰτε leímmate	λείμμᾰτᾰ leímmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: limma

Further reading

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