See also: Zema, zémà, zemā, and zëma

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

zema n (genitive zematis); third declension

  1. cooking utensil, saucepan

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zema zemata
Genitive zematis zematum
Dative zematī zematibus
Accusative zema zemata
Ablative zemate zematibus
Vocative zema zemata

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: dzamã
  • Romanian: zeamă

References edit

  • zema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • zema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • zema”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian edit

Adjective edit

zema

  1. inflection of zems:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine