ἵζημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱζάνω (hizánō, “to make to sit”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /híz.dɛː.ma/ → /ˈi.zi.ma/ → /ˈi.zi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /híz.dɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.ze̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.zi.ma/

Noun

ἵζημᾰ • (hízēma) n (genitive ἱζήμᾰτος); third declension

1. subsidence, sinking

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἵζημᾰ; τοῦ ἱζήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἵζημᾰ tò hízēma	τὼ ἱζήμᾰτε tṑ hizḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἱζήμᾰτᾰ tà hizḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἱζήμᾰτος toû hizḗmatos	τοῖν ἱζημᾰ́τοιν toîn hizēmátoin	τῶν ἱζημᾰ́των tôn hizēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἱζήμᾰτῐ tôi hizḗmati	τοῖν ἱζημᾰ́τοιν toîn hizēmátoin	τοῖς ἱζήμᾰσῐ / ἱζήμᾰσῐν toîs hizḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἵζημᾰ tò hízēma	τὼ ἱζήμᾰτε tṑ hizḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἱζήμᾰτᾰ tà hizḗmata
Vocative	ἵζημᾰ hízēma	ἱζήμᾰτε hizḗmate	ἱζήμᾰτᾰ hizḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ίζημα (ízima)

References

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