λεῖμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λείπω (leípō, “to leave, to quit”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λεῖμμᾰ • (leîmmă) n (genitive λείμμᾰτος); third declension

  1. A remnant, a residue
    1. (music) A semitone, a small musical interval
    2. An intermission in fever
    3. A deficiency

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λεῖμμᾰ; τοῦ λείμμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ λεῖμμᾰ
tò leîmmă 		τὼ λείμμᾰτε
tṑ leímmăte 		τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ
tằ leímmătă
Genitive τοῦ λείμμᾰτος
toû leímmătos 		τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν
toîn leimmắtoin 		τῶν λειμμᾰ́των
tôn leimmắtōn
Dative τῷ λείμμᾰτῐ
tōî leímmătĭ 		τοῖν λειμμᾰ́τοιν
toîn leimmắtoin 		τοῖς λείμμᾰσῐ / λείμμᾰσῐν
toîs leímmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ λεῖμμᾰ
tò leîmmă 		τὼ λείμμᾰτε
tṑ leímmăte 		τᾰ̀ λείμμᾰτᾰ
tằ leímmătă
Vocative λεῖμμᾰ
leîmmă 		λείμμᾰτε
leímmăte 		λείμμᾰτᾰ
leímmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: limma

Further reading

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