στῦμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στῠ́φω (stúphō, “to draw together”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stŷːm.ma/ → /ˈstym.ma/ → /ˈsti.ma/

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

Noun

στῦμμᾰ • (stûmma) n (genitive στῡ́μμᾰτος); third declension

1. astringent, used especially for thickening oil, that it may retain scent better

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῦμμᾰ; τοῦ στῡ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmma	τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmate	τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tà stū́mmata
Genitive	τοῦ στῡ́μμᾰτος toû stū́mmatos	τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmátoin	τῶν στῡμμᾰ́των tôn stūmmátōn
Dative	τῷ στῡ́μμᾰτῐ tôi stū́mmati	τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmátoin	τοῖς στῡ́μμᾰσῐ / στῡ́μμᾰσῐν toîs stū́mmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmma	τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmate	τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tà stū́mmata
Vocative	στῦμμᾰ stûmma	στῡ́μμᾰτε stū́mmate	στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ stū́mmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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