μᾶζα

See also: μάζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μαγῆμαι (magêmai) + -ια (-ia), the former component from μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾶζᾰ • (mâză) f (genitive μᾱ́ζης); first declension

  1. barley-bread or cake; lump, mass
    • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1040–1041:
      καὶ παῖδα γάρ τοί φασιν Ἀλκμήνης ποτὲ
      πραθέντα τλῆναι δουλίας μάζης τυχεῖν.
      kaì paîda gár toí phasin Alkmḗnēs potè
      prathénta tlênai doulías mázēs tukheîn.
      For even the child, they say, of Alcmene once,
      when he had been sold, endured the fate of the bread of slavery

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾶζᾰ; τῆς μᾱ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾶζᾰ
hē mâză 		τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ
tṑ mā́zā 		αἱ μᾶζαι
hai mâzai
Genitive τῆς μᾱ́ζης
tês mā́zēs 		τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν
toîn mā́zain 		τῶν μᾱζῶν
tôn māzôn
Dative τῇ μᾱ́ζῃ
tēî mā́zēi 		τοῖν μᾱ́ζαιν
toîn mā́zain 		ταῖς μᾱ́ζαις
taîs mā́zais
Accusative τὴν μᾶζᾰν
tḕn mâzăn 		τὼ μᾱ́ζᾱ
tṑ mā́zā 		τᾱ̀ς μᾱ́ζᾱς
tā̀s mā́zās
Vocative μᾶζᾰ
mâză 		μᾱ́ζᾱ
mā́zā 		μᾶζαι
mâzai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κῠνόμᾱζον (kŭnómāzon)
  • μᾱζαγόας (māzagóas)
  • μᾱζαγρέτας (māzagrétas)
  • μᾱζάω (māzáō)
  • μᾱζηρός (māzērós)
  • μᾱ́ζινος (mā́zinos)
  • μᾱζίον (māzíon)
  • μᾱζίσκη (māzískē)
  • μᾱζονόμος (māzonómos)
  • μᾱζοπέπτης (māzopéptēs)
  • μᾱζοποιέω (māzopoiéō)
  • μᾱζοποιός (māzopoiós)

Descendants

  • Greek: μάζα (máza)
  • → Abkhaz: амажәа (amaẑʷa), амаҙәа (amaźʷa) — Bzyb
  • → Abaza: мажва (mažʷa)
  • → Adyghe: мэджа (mɛdža)
  • → Kabardian: мэжа (mɛža)
  • → Latin: massa (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μᾶζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 890

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