ζέμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζέω (zéō, “I boil, I seethe”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zé.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈze.ma/
Noun
ζέμᾰ • (zéma) n (genitive ζέμᾰτος); third declension
- fermentation, boiling
- That which is boiled, a decoction
- lewdness
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ζέμᾰ; τοῦ ζέμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zéma | τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate | τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζέμᾰτος toû zématos | τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin | τῶν ζεμᾰ́των tôn zemátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζέμᾰτῐ tôi zémati | τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν toîn zemátoin | τοῖς ζέμᾰσῐ / ζέμᾰσῐν toîs zémasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ζέμᾰ tò zéma | τὼ ζέμᾰτε tṑ zémate | τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ tà zémata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζέμᾰ zéma | ζέμᾰτε zémate | ζέμᾰτᾰ zémata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: zema
- Aromanian: dzamã
- Romanian: zeamă
Further reading
- “ζέμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζέμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette