σήκωμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōma) – Doric
Etymology
From σηκόω (sēkóō, “to weigh, to balance”) + -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, fence”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛ̌ː.kɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈse̝.ko.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
Noun
σήκωμᾰ • (sḗkōma) n (genitive σηκώμᾰτος); third declension
- weight in the balance, counterpoise, counterweight
- makeweight
- standard measure of wine
- return, recompense
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ σήκωμᾰ; τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōma | τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmate | τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tà sēkṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος toû sēkṓmatos | τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmátoin | τῶν σηκωμᾰ́των tôn sēkōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σηκώμᾰτῐ tôi sēkṓmati | τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmátoin | τοῖς σηκώμᾰσῐ / σηκώμᾰσῐν toîs sēkṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōma | τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmate | τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tà sēkṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | σήκωμᾰ sḗkōma | σηκώμᾰτε sēkṓmate | σηκώμᾰτᾰ sēkṓmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: sācōma
- → Italian: sagoma
- → Classical Syriac: ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā)
- → Arabic: سَقُوم (saqūm)
Further reading
- “σήκωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σήκωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σήκωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette