χάραγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰρᾰ́σσω (kharássō, “to imprint, to stamp, engrave, carve”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.raŋ.ma/ → /ˈxa.raɣ.ma/ → /ˈxa.raɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.raŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.raɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.raɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.raɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.raɣ.ma/

Noun

χᾰ́ρᾰγμᾰ • (kháragma) n (genitive χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. any engraved, imprinted or branded mark
2. stamped money, coin
3. (figuratively) mark, stamp, character
4. endorsement

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χᾰ́ρᾰγμᾰ; τοῦ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰ́ρᾰγμᾰ tò kháragma	τὼ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ kharágmate	τᾰ̀ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà kharágmata
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτος toû kharágmatos	τοῖν χᾰρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kharagmátoin	τῶν χᾰρᾰγμᾰ́των tôn kharagmátōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi kharágmati	τοῖν χᾰρᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kharagmátoin	τοῖς χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs kharágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χᾰ́ρᾰγμᾰ tò kháragma	τὼ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ kharágmate	τᾰ̀ χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà kharágmata
Vocative	χᾰ́ρᾰγμᾰ kháragma	χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτε kharágmate	χᾰρᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ kharágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χάραγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χάραγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χάραγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette