μάθημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.tʰɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.tʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/
Noun
μάθημα • (máthēma) n (genitive μαθήματος); third declension
- something that is learned: a lesson
- learning, knowledge
- (often in the plural) the mathematical sciences in particular, the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and astrology, harmonics
- a creed
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ μάθημᾰ; τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma | τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate | τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος toû mathḗmatos | τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin | τῶν μαθημᾰ́των tôn mathēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μαθήμᾰτῐ tôi mathḗmati | τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin | τοῖς μαθήμᾰσῐ / μαθήμᾰσῐν toîs mathḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma | τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate | τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | μάθημᾰ máthēma | μαθήμᾰτε mathḗmate | μαθήμᾰτᾰ mathḗmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós)
References
- “μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάθημα 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.
- knowledge idem, page 472.
- learning idem, page 483.
- lesson idem, page 485.
- science idem, page 739.
- study idem, page 829.
Greek
Etymology
μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”) + -μα (-ma)
Noun
μάθημα • (máthima) n (plural μαθήματα)
- lesson (a period set aside for tuition)
- subject (an area of knowledge to be taught)
- lesson, experience
Declension
declension of μάθημα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | μάθημα • | μαθήματα • |
genitive | μαθήματος • | μαθημάτων • |
accusative | μάθημα • | μαθήματα • |
vocative | μάθημα • | μαθήματα • |
Related terms
- see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)