κλῆμα

See also: κλήμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κλᾶμμα (klâmma)

Etymology

Traditionally connected with κλάω (kláō, “to break”), but the semantics are tenuous, and there is no evidence for a long α (a) in the former. Thus, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛ̂ː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkle̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.ma/

Noun

κλῆμᾰ • (klêmă) n (genitive κλήμᾰτος); third declension

twig, branch, tendril of the vine
(botany) sprout, shoot
cutting, slip
vine staff, cane carried by Roman centurions

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλῆμᾰ; τοῦ κλήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῆμᾰ tò klêmă	τὼ κλήμᾰτε tṑ klḗmăte	τᾰ̀ κλήμᾰτᾰ tằ klḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κλήμᾰτος toû klḗmătos	τοῖν κλημᾰ́τοιν toîn klēmắtoin	τῶν κλημᾰ́των tôn klēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κλήμᾰτῐ tōî klḗmătĭ	τοῖν κλημᾰ́τοιν toîn klēmắtoin	τοῖς κλήμᾰσῐ / κλήμᾰσῐν toîs klḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλῆμᾰ tò klêmă	τὼ κλήμᾰτε tṑ klḗmăte	τᾰ̀ κλήμᾰτᾰ tằ klḗmătă
Vocative	κλῆμᾰ klêmă	κλήμᾰτε klḗmăte	κλήμᾰτᾰ klḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κληματίζω (klēmatízō)
κληματικός (klēmatikós)
κλημάτινος (klēmátinos)
κληματίς (klēmatís)
κληματῖτις (klēmatîtis)
κληματόδεσις (klēmatódesis)
κληματοειδής (klēmatoeidḗs)
κληματόεις (klēmatóeis)
κληματόομαι (klēmatóomai)
κληματώδης (klēmatṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: κλήμα (klíma)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλῆμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 714-5