ἄργμα

ἄργμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /árŋ.ma/ → /ˈarɣ.ma/ → /ˈarɣ.ma/

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

Noun

ἄργμᾰ • (árgma) n (genitive ἄργμᾰτος); third declension

1. The firstlings at a feast or sacrifice

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰ tò árgma	τὼ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτε tṑ árgmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτος toû árgmatos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́τοιν toîn argmátoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των tôn argmátōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτῐ tôi árgmati	τοῖν ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́τοιν toîn argmátoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓́ργμᾰσῐν toîs árgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰ tò árgma	τὼ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτε tṑ árgmate	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ tà árgmata
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ργμᾰ árgma	ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτε árgmate	ᾰ̓́ργμᾰτᾰ árgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἄργμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄργμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette