πεντάγραμμο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πεντάγραμμον (pentágrammon, “pentagram”) with semantic loan from Italian pentagramma, itself borrowed from the same etymon.[1] By surface analysis, πεντά- (pentá-) +‎ γραμμ(ή) (gramm(í)) +‎ -ο (-o).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penˈda.ɣɾa.mo/
  • Hyphenation: πε‧ντά‧γραμ‧μο

Noun

πεντάγραμμο • (pentágrammo) n (plural πεντάγραμμα)

  1. (music) staff, stave (the set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed)

Declension

Declension of πεντάγραμμο
singular plural
nominative πεντάγραμμο (pentágrammo) πεντάγραμμα (pentágramma)
genitive πενταγράμμου (pentagrámmou)
πεντάγραμμου (pentágrammou) 		πενταγράμμων (pentagrámmon)
accusative πεντάγραμμο (pentágrammo) πεντάγραμμα (pentágramma)
vocative πεντάγραμμο (pentágrammo) πεντάγραμμα (pentágramma)

See also

  • πεντάλφα f or n (pentálfa, “pentagram”)

References

  1. ^ πεντάγραμμο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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