πῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πήγ(νῡμῐ) (pḗg(nūmĭ)) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῆγμᾰ • (pêgmă) n (genitive πήγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. anything fastened or joined together, a framework
    1. of a ship
    2. of a roof
    3. a stage or scaffold used in theatres
    4. a bookcase
    5. metaphorically:
      1. a bond in honour bound
      2. fabric
  2. anything congealed
    1. of frozen snow
    2. of fat
    3. of the waters of the Jordan
  3. that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk

Declension

Third declension of τὸ πῆγμᾰ; τοῦ πήγμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πῆγμᾰ
tò pêgmă 		τὼ πήγμᾰτε
tṑ pḗgmăte 		τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ
tằ pḗgmătă
Genitive τοῦ πήγμᾰτος
toû pḗgmătos 		τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pēgmắtoin 		τῶν πηγμᾰ́των
tôn pēgmắtōn
Dative τῷ πήγμᾰτῐ
tōî pḗgmătĭ 		τοῖν πηγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pēgmắtoin 		τοῖς πήγμᾰσῐ / πήγμᾰσῐν
toîs pḗgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ πῆγμᾰ
tò pêgmă 		τὼ πήγμᾰτε
tṑ pḗgmăte 		τᾰ̀ πήγμᾰτᾰ
tằ pḗgmătă
Vocative πῆγμᾰ
pêgmă 		πήγμᾰτε
pḗgmăte 		πήγμᾰτᾰ
pḗgmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πηγματίζω (pēgmatízō) (Byzantine)
  • πηγμάτιον (pēgmátion)
  • πηγματιστής (pēgmatistḗs) (Byzantine)

Descendants

  • → Latin: pēgma

Further reading

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