δῆγμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde̝ɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðiɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðiɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðiɣ.ma/
Noun
δῆγμᾰ • (dêgmă) n (genitive δήγμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ δῆγμᾰ tò dêgmă |
τὼ δήγμᾰτε tṑ dḗgmăte |
τᾰ̀ δήγμᾰτᾰ tằ dḗgmătă | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δήγμᾰτος toû dḗgmătos |
τοῖν δηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dēgmắtoin |
τῶν δηγμᾰ́των tôn dēgmắtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δήγμᾰτῐ tōî dḗgmătĭ |
τοῖν δηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn dēgmắtoin |
τοῖς δήγμᾰσῐ / δήγμᾰσῐν toîs dḗgmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ δῆγμᾰ tò dêgmă |
τὼ δήγμᾰτε tṑ dḗgmăte |
τᾰ̀ δήγμᾰτᾰ tằ dḗgmătă | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῆγμᾰ dêgmă |
δήγμᾰτε dḗgmăte |
δήγμᾰτᾰ dḗgmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θηριόδηγμα (thēriódēgma)
Descendants
- Greek: δήγμα (dígma)
Further reading
- “δῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette