σήκωμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōmă) — Doric

Etymology

From σηκόω (sēkóō, “to weigh, to balance”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, fence”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σήκωμᾰ • (sḗkōmă) n (genitive σηκώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. weight in the balance, counterpoise, counterweight
  2. makeweight
  3. standard measure of wine
  4. return, recompense

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σήκωμᾰ; τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σήκωμᾰ
tò sḗkōmă 		τὼ σηκώμᾰτε
tṑ sēkṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ
tằ sēkṓmătă
Genitive τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος
toû sēkṓmătos 		τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn sēkōmắtoin 		τῶν σηκωμᾰ́των
tôn sēkōmắtōn
Dative τῷ σηκώμᾰτῐ
tōî sēkṓmătĭ 		τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn sēkōmắtoin 		τοῖς σηκώμᾰσῐ / σηκώμᾰσῐν
toîs sēkṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ σήκωμᾰ
tò sḗkōmă 		τὼ σηκώμᾰτε
tṑ sēkṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ
tằ sēkṓmătă
Vocative σήκωμᾰ
sḗkōmă 		σηκώμᾰτε
sēkṓmăte 		σηκώμᾰτᾰ
sēkṓmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: sācōma
    • → Italian: sagoma
  • → Classical Syriac: ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā)

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