λεῖμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λείπω (leípō, “to leave, to quit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lêːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlim.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ma/
Noun
λεῖμμᾰ • (leîmma) n (genitive λείμμᾰτος); third declension
- A remnant, a residue
- (music) A semitone, a small musical interval
- An intermission in fever
- A deficiency
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ λεῖμμᾰ; τοῦ λείμμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmma | τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmate | τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tà leímmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λείμμᾰτος toû leímmatos | τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmátoin | τῶν λειμμᾰ́των tôn leimmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λείμμᾰτῐ tôi leímmati | τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν toîn leimmátoin | τοῖς λείμμᾰσῐ / λείμμᾰσῐν toîs leímmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λεῖμμᾰ tò leîmma | τὼ λείμμᾰτε tṑ leímmate | τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ tà leímmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | λεῖμμᾰ leîmma | λείμμᾰτε leímmate | λείμμᾰτᾰ leímmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: limma
Further reading
- λεῖμμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λεῖμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette