λάλημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λαλέω (laléō, “to chat, to prat”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.lɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.le̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.li.ma/
Noun
λάλημᾰ • (lálēma) n (genitive λαλήμᾰτος); third declension
- talk, prattle
- Synonym: λᾰλᾰγή (lalagḗ)
- prater, chatterer
- byword, a person talked about
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ λάλημᾰ; τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēma | τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmate | τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tà lalḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λαλήμᾰτος toû lalḗmatos | τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmátoin | τῶν λαλημᾰ́των tôn lalēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λαλήμᾰτῐ tôi lalḗmati | τοῖν λαλημᾰ́τοιν toîn lalēmátoin | τοῖς λαλήμᾰσῐ / λαλήμᾰσῐν toîs lalḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λάλημᾰ tò lálēma | τὼ λαλήμᾰτε tṑ lalḗmate | τᾰ̀ λαλήμᾰτᾰ tà lalḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | λάλημᾰ lálēma | λαλήμᾰτε lalḗmate | λαλήμᾰτᾰ lalḗmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Albanian: lajm
Further reading
- “λάλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette