πέραμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περάω (peráō, “to cross, traverse”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.raː.ma/ → /ˈpe.ra.ma/ → /ˈpe.ra.ma/

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

Noun

πέρᾱμᾰ • (pérāma) n (genitive πέρᾱμᾰτος); third declension

1. ferry

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ; τοῦ περᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ tò pérāma	τὼ περᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ perā́mate	τᾰ̀ περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà perā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ περᾱ́μᾰτος toû perā́matos	τοῖν περᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn perāmátoin	τῶν περᾱμᾰ́των tôn perāmátōn
Dative	τῷ περᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi perā́mati	τοῖν περᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn perāmátoin	τοῖς περᾱ́μᾰσῐ / περᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs perā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πέρᾱμᾰ tò pérāma	τὼ περᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ perā́mate	τᾰ̀ περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà perā́mata
Vocative	πέρᾱμᾰ pérāma	περᾱ́μᾰτε perā́mate	περᾱ́μᾰτᾰ perā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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