δίλημμα

Ancient Greek

From δι- (di-, “twice”) +‎ λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”).

δῐ́λημμᾰ • (dĭ́lēmmă) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ; τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dĭ́lēmmă	τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dĭlḗmmăte	τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tằ dĭlḗmmătă
Genitive	τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος toû dĭlḗmmătos	τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dĭlēmmắtoin	τῶν δῐλημμᾰ́των tôn dĭlēmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ δῐλήμμᾰτῐ tōî dĭlḗmmătĭ	τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dĭlēmmắtoin	τοῖς δῐλήμμᾰσῐ / δῐλήμμᾰσῐν toîs dĭlḗmmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ tò dĭ́lēmmă	τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dĭlḗmmăte	τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tằ dĭlḗmmătă
Vocative	δῐ́λημμᾰ dĭ́lēmmă	δῐλήμμᾰτε dĭlḗmmăte	δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ dĭlḗmmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma) with semantic loan from French dilemme.^[1]

δίλημμα • (dílimma) n (plural διλήμματα)

dilemma, quandary (a circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable)
(logic) dilemma

^ δίλημμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language