σκῶμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σκώπτω (skṓptō, “I mock, I jeer”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /skɔ̂ːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈskom.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈskom.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈskom.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsko.ma/
Noun
σκῶμμᾰ • (skômma) n (genitive σκῶμμᾰτος); third declension
- A jest, a gibe, a joke
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ σκῶμμᾰ; τοῦ σκώμμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σκῶμμᾰ tò skômma | τὼ σκώμμᾰτε tṑ skṓmmate | τᾰ̀ σκώμμᾰτᾰ tà skṓmmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σκώμμᾰτος toû skṓmmatos | τοῖν σκωμμᾰ́τοιν toîn skōmmátoin | τῶν σκωμμᾰ́των tôn skōmmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σκώμμᾰτῐ tôi skṓmmati | τοῖν σκωμμᾰ́τοιν toîn skōmmátoin | τοῖς σκώμμᾰσῐ / σκώμμᾰσῐν toîs skṓmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σκῶμμᾰ tò skômma | τὼ σκώμμᾰτε tṑ skṓmmate | τᾰ̀ σκώμμᾰτᾰ tà skṓmmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | σκῶμμᾰ skômma | σκώμμᾰτε skṓmmate | σκώμμᾰτᾰ skṓmmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: scōmma
- → Italian: scomma
Further reading
- σκῶμμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σκῶμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette