μάθημα

Ancient Greek

From the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

μάθημα • (máthēma) n (genitive μαθήματος); third declension

something that is learned: a lesson
learning, knowledge
(often in the plural) the mathematical sciences in particular, the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and astrology, harmonics
a creed

Third declension of τὸ μάθημᾰ; τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēmă	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tằ mathḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος toû mathḗmătos	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmắtoin	τῶν μαθημᾰ́των tôn mathēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ μαθήμᾰτῐ tōî mathḗmătĭ	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmắtoin	τοῖς μαθήμᾰσῐ / μαθήμᾰσῐν toîs mathḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēmă	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmăte	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tằ mathḗmătă
Vocative	μάθημᾰ máthēmă	μαθήμᾰτε mathḗmăte	μαθήμᾰτᾰ mathḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μάθημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- knowledge idem, page 472.
- learning idem, page 483.
- lesson idem, page 485.
- science idem, page 739.
- study idem, page 829.

μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma)

μάθημα • (máthima) n (plural μαθήματα)

see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)