κλέμμα
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 6 March 2025
Etymology
From κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈklem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈklem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈklem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkle.ma/
Noun
κλέμμᾰ • (klémmă) n (genitive κλέμμᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémmă |
τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tằ klémmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλέμμᾰτος toû klémmătos |
τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmắtoin |
τῶν κλεμμᾰ́των tôn klemmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλέμμᾰτῐ tōî klémmătĭ |
τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmắtoin |
τοῖς κλέμμᾰσῐ / κλέμμᾰσῐν toîs klémmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémmă |
τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tằ klémmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλέμμᾰ klémmă |
κλέμμᾰτε klémmăte |
κλέμμᾰτᾰ klémmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κλέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette