ζέμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζέω (zéō, “I boil, I seethe”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζέμᾰ • (zémă) n (genitive ζέμᾰτος); third declension

  1. fermentation, boiling
    1. That which is boiled, a decoction
    2. lewdness

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζέμᾰ; τοῦ ζέμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ζέμᾰ
tò zémă 		τὼ ζέμᾰτε
tṑ zémăte 		τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ
tằ zémătă
Genitive τοῦ ζέμᾰτος
toû zémătos 		τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν
toîn zemắtoin 		τῶν ζεμᾰ́των
tôn zemắtōn
Dative τῷ ζέμᾰτῐ
tōî zémătĭ 		τοῖν ζεμᾰ́τοιν
toîn zemắtoin 		τοῖς ζέμᾰσῐ / ζέμᾰσῐν
toîs zémăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ζέμᾰ
tò zémă 		τὼ ζέμᾰτε
tṑ zémăte 		τᾰ̀ ζέμᾰτᾰ
tằ zémătă
Vocative ζέμᾰ
zémă 		ζέμᾰτε
zémăte 		ζέμᾰτᾰ
zémătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: zema
    • Aromanian: dzamã
    • Romanian: zeamă

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