λέμμα
See also: λῆμμα and λήμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέπω (lépō, “I peel”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma/
Noun
λέμμᾰ • (lémma) n (genitive λέμμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is peeled off, rind, husk
- (in the phrase ἰχθύων λέμματα) (fish)scales
- (figuratively, used of one who has been swindled) a mere husk
Declension
Third declension of τὸ λέμμᾰ; τοῦ λέμμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma | τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate | τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λέμμᾰτος toû lémmatos | τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin | τῶν λεμμᾰ́των tôn lemmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λέμμᾰτῐ tôi lémmati | τοῖν λεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn lemmátoin | τοῖς λέμμᾰσῐ / λέμμᾰσῐν toîs lémmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λέμμᾰ tò lémma | τὼ λέμμᾰτε tṑ lémmate | τᾰ̀ λέμμᾰτᾰ tà lémmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμμᾰ lémma | λέμμᾰτε lémmate | λέμμᾰτᾰ lémmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: lemma
References
- “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- coating idem, page 141.
- husk idem, page 412.
- paring idem, page 592.
- peel idem, page 602.
- rind idem, page 716.
- shell idem, page 764.