τμῆμα

τμῆμα

See also: τμήμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tmɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈtmi.ma/ → /ˈtmi.ma/

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

Noun

τμῆμᾰ • (tmêma) n (genitive τμήμᾰτος); third declension

1. something cut off
   1. piece, section
   2. segment of a line
   3. sector of a circle
2. Cut, incision, wound
3. Section of a book
4. (astrology) Division between two signs of the zodiac

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τμῆμᾰ; τοῦ τμήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τμῆμᾰ tò tmêma	τὼ τμήμᾰτε tṑ tmḗmate	τᾰ̀ τμήμᾰτᾰ tà tmḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ τμήμᾰτος toû tmḗmatos	τοῖν τμημᾰ́τοιν toîn tmēmátoin	τῶν τμημᾰ́των tôn tmēmátōn
Dative	τῷ τμήμᾰτῐ tôi tmḗmati	τοῖν τμημᾰ́τοιν toîn tmēmátoin	τοῖς τμήμᾰσῐ / τμήμᾰσῐν toîs tmḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τμῆμᾰ tò tmêma	τὼ τμήμᾰτε tṑ tmḗmate	τᾰ̀ τμήμᾰτᾰ tà tmḗmata
Vocative	τμῆμᾰ tmêma	τμήμᾰτε tmḗmate	τμήμᾰτᾰ tmḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bit idem, page 80.
  • cut idem, page 192.
  • dent idem, page 211.
  • fragment idem, page 342.
  • gash idem, page 354.
  • incision idem, page 428.
  • indentation idem, page 432.
  • notch idem, page 562.
  • particle idem, page 594.
  • piece idem, page 611.
  • scrap idem, page 742.
  • section idem, page 747.
  • segment idem, page 750.
  • shred idem, page 770.
  • slice idem, page 784.
  • slit idem, page 785.
  • strip idem, page 826.