τίλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίλλω (tíllō, “to pluck”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tíl.ma/ → /ˈtil.ma/ → /ˈtil.ma/

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

Noun

τῐ́λμᾰ • (tílma) n (genitive τῐ́λμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything pulled or shredded, lint
2. anything that can be pulled or plucked
3. (in the plural) sprains

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ; τοῦ τῐ́λμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ tò tílma	τὼ τῐ́λμᾰτε tṑ tílmate	τᾰ̀ τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tà tílmata
Genitive	τοῦ τῐ́λμᾰτος toû tílmatos	τοῖν τῐλμᾰ́τοιν toîn tilmátoin	τῶν τῐλμᾰ́των tôn tilmátōn
Dative	τῷ τῐ́λμᾰτῐ tôi tílmati	τοῖν τῐλμᾰ́τοιν toîn tilmátoin	τοῖς τῐ́λμᾰσῐ / τῐ́λμᾰσῐν toîs tílmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τῐ́λμᾰ tò tílma	τὼ τῐ́λμᾰτε tṑ tílmate	τᾰ̀ τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tà tílmata
Vocative	τῐ́λμᾰ tílma	τῐ́λμᾰτε tílmate	τῐ́λμᾰτᾰ tílmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τῐλμᾰ́τῐον (tilmátion)

Further reading

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