δέρμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) + -μᾰ (-mă)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dér.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈder.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
Noun
δέρμᾰ • (dérmă) n (genitive δέρμᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă |
τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte |
τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δέρμᾰτος toû dérmătos |
τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin |
τῶν δερμᾰ́των tôn dermắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δέρμᾰτῐ tōî dérmătĭ |
τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin |
τοῖς δέρμᾰσῐ / δέρμᾰσῐν toîs dérmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă |
τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte |
τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δέρμᾰ dérmă |
δέρμᾰτε dérmăte |
δέρμᾰτᾰ dérmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δερμάτινος (dermátinos)
- δερμᾰτοφόρος (dermătophóros)
- ὀστρᾰκόδερμος (ostrăkódermos)
- παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos)
Descendants
Further reading
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δέρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δέρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1192 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈðɛɾma]
Noun
δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
| genitive | δέρματος (dérmatos) | δερμάτων (dermáton) |
| accusative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
| vocative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
Derived terms
- αιγόδερμα n (aigóderma, “goatskin”)
- γιδόδερμα n (gidóderma, “kidskin”)
- δερμάτινος (dermátinos, “made from leather”)
- επιδερμίδα f (epidermída, “epidermis”)