κλίμα
See also: κλήμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “I slope, incline”) + -μᾰ (-mă).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klí.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
Noun
κλῐ́μᾰ • (klĭ́mă) n (genitive κλῐ́μᾰτος); third declension
- a slope, incline, inclination
- the supposed slope of the earth from the equator to the pole; (terrestrial) latitude
- a region, zone or belt of the earth; a clime
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klĭ́mă |
τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klĭ́măte |
τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tằ klĭ́mătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος toû klĭ́mătos |
τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klĭmắtoin |
τῶν κλῐμᾰ́των tôn klĭmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλῐ́μᾰτῐ tōî klĭ́mătĭ |
τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν toîn klĭmắtoin |
τοῖς κλῐ́μᾰσῐ / κλῐ́μᾰσῐν toîs klĭ́măsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ tò klĭ́mă |
τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε tṑ klĭ́măte |
τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ tằ klĭ́mătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλῐ́μᾰ klĭ́mă |
κλῐ́μᾰτε klĭ́măte |
κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ klĭ́mătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κλιματάρχης (klimatárkhēs)
- κλιματίας (klimatías)
- κλιματικός (klimatikós)
Descendants
- → Arabic: إقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm)
- Aramaic:
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܠܝܡܐ (qəlīmā)
- Greek: κλίμα (klíma)
- → Latin: clima
- → Old Armenian: կլիմայ (klimay), կղիմայ (kłimay)
- → Middle Armenian: կլիմ (klim), կլեմ (klem)
- → Zazaki: ıklim
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλῑ́νω (> DER > 7. κλίμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 716-7
Further reading
- “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλίμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κλίμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2824 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkli.ma/
- Hyphenation: κλί‧μα
- Homophone: κλήμα (klíma)
Noun
κλίμα • (klíma) n (plural κλίματα)
- (meteorology) climate
- (figuratively) atmosphere, mood
- (religion) see, the district or area covered by a Greek Orthodox patriarchate
- Η Κρήτη ανήκει στο κλίμα του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου.
- I Kríti aníkei sto klíma tou Oikoumenikoú Patriarcheíou.
- Crete is in the klima of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κλίμα (klíma) | κλίματα (klímata) |
| genitive | κλίματος (klímatos) | κλιμάτων (klimáton) |
| accusative | κλίμα (klíma) | κλίματα (klímata) |
| vocative | κλίμα (klíma) | κλίματα (klímata) |
See also
- αρχιεπισκοπή f (archiepiskopí, “see, archbishopric”)