ἄλγημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλγέω (algéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.ɡɛː.ma/ → /ˈal.ʝi.ma/ → /ˈal.ʝi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ɡɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.ma/

Noun

ἄλγημα • (álgēma) n (genitive ἀλγήματος); third declension

1. pain (felt or caused), suffering

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄλγημᾰ; τοῦ ἀλγήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄλγημᾰ tò álgēma	τὼ ἀλγήμᾰτε tṑ algḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ tà algḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλγήμᾰτος toû algḗmatos	τοῖν ἀλγημᾰ́τοιν toîn algēmátoin	τῶν ἀλγημᾰ́των tôn algēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλγήμᾰτῐ tôi algḗmati	τοῖν ἀλγημᾰ́τοιν toîn algēmátoin	τοῖς ἀλγήμᾰσῐ / ἀλγήμᾰσῐν toîs algḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄλγημᾰ tò álgēma	τὼ ἀλγήμᾰτε tṑ algḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ tà algḗmata
Vocative	ἄλγημᾰ álgēma	ἀλγήμᾰτε algḗmate	ἀλγήμᾰτᾰ algḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλγημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers