σκῶμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σκώπτω (skṓptō, “I mock, I jeer”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skɔ̂ːm.ma/ → /ˈskom.ma/ → /ˈsko.ma/

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

Noun

σκῶμμᾰ • (skômma) n (genitive σκῶμμᾰτος); third declension

1. jest, gibe, joke

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σκῶμμᾰ; τοῦ σκώμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σκῶμμᾰ tò skômma	τὼ σκώμμᾰτε tṑ skṓmmate	τᾰ̀ σκώμμᾰτᾰ tà skṓmmata
Genitive	τοῦ σκώμμᾰτος toû skṓmmatos	τοῖν σκωμμᾰ́τοιν toîn skōmmátoin	τῶν σκωμμᾰ́των tôn skōmmátōn
Dative	τῷ σκώμμᾰτῐ tôi skṓmmati	τοῖν σκωμμᾰ́τοιν toîn skōmmátoin	τοῖς σκώμμᾰσῐ / σκώμμᾰσῐν toîs skṓmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σκῶμμᾰ tò skômma	τὼ σκώμμᾰτε tṑ skṓmmate	τᾰ̀ σκώμμᾰτᾰ tà skṓmmata
Vocative	σκῶμμᾰ skômma	σκώμμᾰτε skṓmmate	σκώμμᾰτᾰ skṓmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: scōmma
  • → Italian: scomma

Further reading

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