πέμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πέσσω (péssō, “I cook, I bake”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ma/
Noun
πέμμᾰ • (pémmă) n (genitive πέμμᾰτος); third declension
- Any kind of dressed food; pastry, cakes, sweetmeats
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πέμμᾰ tò pémmă |
τὼ πέμμᾰτε tṑ pémmăte |
τᾰ̀ πέμμᾰτᾰ tằ pémmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πέμμᾰτος toû pémmătos |
τοῖν πεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn pemmắtoin |
τῶν πεμμᾰ́των tôn pemmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πέμμᾰτῐ tōî pémmătĭ |
τοῖν πεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn pemmắtoin |
τοῖς πέμμᾰσῐ / πέμμᾰσῐν toîs pémmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πέμμᾰ tò pémmă |
τὼ πέμμᾰτε tṑ pémmăte |
τᾰ̀ πέμμᾰτᾰ tằ pémmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πέμμᾰ pémmă |
πέμμᾰτε pémmăte |
πέμμᾰτᾰ pémmătă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: pemma
Further reading
- “πέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette