τέρμα

τέρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥, the same source of Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tér.ma/ → /ˈter.ma/ → /ˈter.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tér.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ma/

Noun

τέρμᾰ • (térma) n (genitive τέρμᾰτος); third declension

1. end, boundary
2. goal round which horses and chariots had to turn at races
3. mark set to show how far a quoit was thrown
4. (in general) end, limit, bound
5. culmination, highest point, goal
6. highest power, supremacy

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τέρμᾰ; τοῦ τέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέρμᾰ tò térma	τὼ τέρμᾰτε tṑ térmate	τᾰ̀ τέρμᾰτᾰ tà térmata
Genitive	τοῦ τέρμᾰτος toû térmatos	τοῖν τερμᾰ́τοιν toîn termátoin	τῶν τερμᾰ́των tôn termátōn
Dative	τῷ τέρμᾰτῐ tôi térmati	τοῖν τερμᾰ́τοιν toîn termátoin	τοῖς τέρμᾰσῐ / τέρμᾰσῐν toîs térmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέρμᾰ tò térma	τὼ τέρμᾰτε tṑ térmate	τᾰ̀ τέρμᾰτᾰ tà térmata
Vocative	τέρμᾰ térma	τέρμᾰτε térmate	τέρμᾰτᾰ térmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀτέρμων (atérmōn)
• τερμάζω (termázō)
• τερμαστῆρες (termastêres)
• τερματίζω (termatízō)
• τερμάτιον (termátion)
• τερματοῦχος (termatoûkhos)
• τερμιεύς (termieús)
• τερμιόεις (termióeis)
• τέρμιος (térmios)
• τερμοδρομέω (termodroméō)
• τερμονίζω (termonízō)
• τερμόνιος (termónios)
• τερμοσύνη (termosúnē)
• τέρμων (térmōn)

 

Descendants

• Greek: τέρμα (térma)

References

• “τέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέρμᾰ (térma), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥. Cognate with Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).

Noun

τέρμα • (térma) n (plural τέρματα)

1. conclusion, end, goal
2. (athletics, etc) finishing line
3. (soccer) goal (the physical entity and what is scored)

Declension

declension of τέρμα

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	τέρμα •	τέρματα •
genitive	τέρματος •	τερμάτων •
accusative	τέρμα •	τέρματα •
vocative	τέρμα •	τέρματα •

Synonyms

• (aim, end): στόχος m (stóchos)
• (soccer): γκολ n (gkol)

Related terms

• τερματοφύλακας m (termatofýlakas, “goalkeeper”)

See also

• ποδόσφαιρο n (podósfairo, “soccer, football”)

Further reading

• Ποδόσφαιρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el