ἰδίωμα

See also: ιδίωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἰδῐόω (idióō) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma); see ἴδιος (ídios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.dí.ɔː.ma/ → /iˈði.o.ma/ → /iˈði.o.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.dí.ɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈdi.o.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈði.o.ma/

Noun

ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ • (idíōma) n (genitive ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος); third declension

1. peculiarity, specific property, unique feature
2. peculiarity of style
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Letter to Ammaeus 2t
   1. idiom
      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 157.9
   2. style
      • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 15.696e

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ; τοῦ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ tò idíōma	τὼ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε tṑ idiṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ tà idiṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτος toû idiṓmatos	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́τοιν toîn idiōmátoin	τῶν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́των tôn idiōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτῐ tôi idiṓmati	τοῖν ῐ̓δῐωμᾰ́τοιν toîn idiōmátoin	τοῖς ῐ̓δῐώμᾰσῐ / ῐ̓δῐώμᾰσῐν toîs idiṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ tò idíōma	τὼ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε tṑ idiṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ tà idiṓmata
Vocative	ῐ̓δῐ́ωμᾰ idíōma	ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτε idiṓmate	ῐ̓δῐώμᾰτᾰ idiṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτεύομαι (idiōmateúomai)
• ῐ̓δῐωμᾰτῐκός (idiōmatikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: idiōma

Further reading

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