πέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέσσω (péssō, “I cook, I bake”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pém.ma/ → /ˈpem.ma/ → /ˈpe.ma/

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

Noun

πέμμᾰ • (pémma) n (genitive πέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. Any kind of dressed food; pastry, cakes, sweetmeats

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πέμμᾰ; τοῦ πέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πέμμᾰ tò pémma	τὼ πέμμᾰτε tṑ pémmate	τᾰ̀ πέμμᾰτᾰ tà pémmata
Genitive	τοῦ πέμμᾰτος toû pémmatos	τοῖν πεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn pemmátoin	τῶν πεμμᾰ́των tôn pemmátōn
Dative	τῷ πέμμᾰτῐ tôi pémmati	τοῖν πεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn pemmátoin	τοῖς πέμμᾰσῐ / πέμμᾰσῐν toîs pémmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πέμμᾰ tò pémma	τὼ πέμμᾰτε tṑ pémmate	τᾰ̀ πέμμᾰτᾰ tà pémmata
Vocative	πέμμᾰ pémma	πέμμᾰτε pémmate	πέμμᾰτᾰ pémmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: pemma

Further reading

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