κέρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κείρω (keírō, “to cut short, shear, clip”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κέρμᾰ • (kérmă) n (genitive κέρμᾰτος); third declension

  1. fragment
  2. coin, especially of copper
    Synonym: νόμῐσμᾰ (nómĭsmă)
  3. (collectively) cash

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κέρμᾰ; τοῦ κέρμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κέρμᾰ
tò kérmă 		τὼ κέρμᾰτε
tṑ kérmăte 		τᾰ̀ κέρμᾰτᾰ
tằ kérmătă
Genitive τοῦ κέρμᾰτος
toû kérmătos 		τοῖν κερμᾰ́τοιν
toîn kermắtoin 		τῶν κερμᾰ́των
tôn kermắtōn
Dative τῷ κέρμᾰτῐ
tōî kérmătĭ 		τοῖν κερμᾰ́τοιν
toîn kermắtoin 		τοῖς κέρμᾰσῐ / κέρμᾰσῐν
toîs kérmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ κέρμᾰ
tò kérmă 		τὼ κέρμᾰτε
tṑ kérmăte 		τᾰ̀ κέρμᾰτᾰ
tằ kérmătă
Vocative κέρμᾰ
kérmă 		κέρμᾰτε
kérmăte 		κέρμᾰτᾰ
kérmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κερμᾰτῐ́ζω (kermătĭ́zō)
  • κερμᾰ́τῐον (kermắtĭon)
  • κερμᾰτῐσμός (kermătĭsmós)
  • κερμᾰτῐστής (kermătĭstḗs)
  • κερμᾰτόομαι (kermătóomai)
  • κερμῐ́ον (kermĭ́on)

Descendants

  • Greek: κέρμα (kérma)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

κέρμα • (kérma) n (plural κέρματα)

  1. coin

Declension

Declension of κέρμα
singular plural
nominative κέρμα (kérma) κέρματα (kérmata)
genitive κέρματος (kérmatos) κερμάτων (kermáton)
accusative κέρμα (kérma) κέρματα (kérmata)
vocative κέρμα (kérma) κέρματα (kérmata)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • see: χρήμα n (chríma, “capital, assets”)

Further reading

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