τέλμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The origin remains unexplained. Has been compared to Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tél.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtel.ma/
Noun
τέλμᾰ • (télma) n (genitive τέλμᾰτος); third declension
- standing water, pond, marsh, swamp
- (in the plural) lowlands subject to inundation, water meadows
- mud used as a mortar
- space pointed with mortar, between the courses of masonry
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ τέλμᾰ; τοῦ τέλμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τέλμᾰ tò télma | τὼ τέλμᾰτε tṑ télmate | τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ tà télmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τέλμᾰτος toû télmatos | τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν toîn telmátoin | τῶν τελμᾰ́των tôn telmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τέλμᾰτῐ tôi télmati | τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν toîn telmátoin | τοῖς τέλμᾰσῐ / τέλμᾰσῐν toîs télmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τέλμᾰ tò télma | τὼ τέλμᾰτε tṑ télmate | τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ tà télmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέλμᾰ télma | τέλμᾰτε télmate | τέλμᾰτᾰ télmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τελμᾰτῐαῖος (telmatiaîos)
- τελμᾰτόομαι (telmatóomai)
- τελμᾰτώδης (telmatṓdēs)
- τελμῐ́ς (telmís)
Further reading
- “τέλμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέλμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
τέλμα • (télma) n (plural τέλματα)
- swamp, quagmire, bog
- (figuratively) impasse, predicament
Declension
declension of τέλμα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | τέλμα • | τέλματα • |
genitive | τέλματος • | τελμάτων • |
accusative | τέλμα • | τέλματα • |
vocative | τέλμα • | τέλματα • |
Synonyms
- έλος n (élos)
- βάλτος m (váltos)