φέρμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φέρω (phérō) + -μα (-ma)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰér.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰer.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸer.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ma/
Noun
φέρμᾰ • (phérma) n (genitive φέρμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is borne, fruit of the womb
- fruit of the earth
Declension
Third declension of τὸ φέρμᾰ; τοῦ φέρμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φέρμᾰ tò phérma | τὼ φέρμᾰτε tṑ phérmate | τᾰ̀ φέρμᾰτᾰ tà phérmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φέρμᾰτος toû phérmatos | τοῖν φερμᾰ́τοιν toîn phermátoin | τῶν φερμᾰ́των tôn phermátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φέρμᾰτῐ tôi phérmati | τοῖν φερμᾰ́τοιν toîn phermátoin | τοῖς φέρμᾰσῐ / φέρμᾰσῐν toîs phérmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φέρμᾰ tò phérma | τὼ φέρμᾰτε tṑ phérmate | τᾰ̀ φέρμᾰτᾰ tà phérmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | φέρμᾰ phérma | φέρμᾰτε phérmate | φέρμᾰτᾰ phérmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press