διάδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαδέω (diadéō, “to bind round”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐᾰ́δημᾰ • (dĭắdēmă) n (genitive δῐᾰδήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. headband
  2. diadem (especially that of the Persian kings), crown

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰδήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
tò dĭắdēmă 		τὼ δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
tṑ dĭădḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
tằ dĭădḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ δῐᾰδήμᾰτος
toû dĭădḗmătos 		τοῖν δῐᾰδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn dĭădēmắtoin 		τῶν δῐᾰδημᾰ́των
tôn dĭădēmắtōn
Dative τῷ δῐᾰδήμᾰτῐ
tōî dĭădḗmătĭ 		τοῖν δῐᾰδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn dĭădēmắtoin 		τοῖς δῐᾰδήμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰδήμᾰσῐν
toîs dĭădḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
tò dĭắdēmă 		τὼ δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
tṑ dĭădḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
tằ dĭădḗmătă
Vocative δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
dĭắdēmă 		δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
dĭădḗmăte 		δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
dĭădḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: διάδημα (diádima)
  • Parthian: 𐭃𐭉𐭃𐭉𐭌 (dīδēm, dīdēm)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭣𐭩𐭬𐭩 (dīyēm, dīdēm)
  • Latin: diadēma

Further reading

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