ἁμάρτημα

ἁμάρτημα

See also: αμάρτημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “I miss, fail, am deprived of (a thing), fail to do, sin”) +‎ -μα (-ma, “instance of”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.már.tɛː.ma/ → /aˈmar.ti.ma/ → /aˈmar.ti.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.már.tɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈmar.te̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmar.ti.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmar.ti.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmar.ti.ma/

Noun

ᾰ̔μᾰ́ρτημᾰ • (hamártēma) n (genitive ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτος); third declension

1. a failure, fault, sin
2. a bodily defect, malady

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔μᾰ́ρτημᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̔μᾰ́ρτημᾰ tò hamártēma	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτε tṑ hamartḗmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτᾰ tà hamartḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτος toû hamartḗmatos	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰρτημᾰ́τοιν toîn hamartēmátoin	τῶν ᾰ̔μᾰρτημᾰ́των tôn hamartēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτῐ tôi hamartḗmati	τοῖν ᾰ̔μᾰρτημᾰ́τοιν toîn hamartēmátoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰσῐν toîs hamartḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̔μᾰ́ρτημᾰ tò hamártēma	τὼ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτε tṑ hamartḗmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτᾰ tà hamartḗmata
Vocative	ᾰ̔μᾰ́ρτημᾰ hamártēma	ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτε hamartḗmate	ᾰ̔μᾰρτήμᾰτᾰ hamartḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αμάρτημα (amártima)

Further reading

• “ἁμάρτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁμάρτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁμάρτημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁμάρτημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• G265 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blemish idem, page 83.
  • blot idem, page 85.
  • bungle idem, page 104.
  • defect idem, page 204.
  • error idem, page 281.
  • failure idem, page 301.
  • fault idem, page 310.
  • flaw idem, page 326.
  • hitch idem, page 401.
  • imperfection idem, page 420.
  • misdeed idem, page 533.
  • mistake idem, page 535.
  • offence idem, page 571.
  • sin idem, page 777.
  • transgression idem, page 888.
  • wrong idem, page 994.