σμῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to wipe, soap off”) +‎ -μα (-ma).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σμῆγμᾰ • (smêgmă) n (genitive σμήγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. soap
  2. unguent

Declension

Third declension of τὸ σμῆγμᾰ; τοῦ σμήγμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σμῆγμᾰ
tò smêgmă 		τὼ σμήγμᾰτε
tṑ smḗgmăte 		τᾰ̀ σμήγμᾰτᾰ
tằ smḗgmătă
Genitive τοῦ σμήγμᾰτος
toû smḗgmătos 		τοῖν σμηγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn smēgmắtoin 		τῶν σμηγμᾰ́των
tôn smēgmắtōn
Dative τῷ σμήγμᾰτῐ
tōî smḗgmătĭ 		τοῖν σμηγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn smēgmắtoin 		τοῖς σμήγμᾰσῐ / σμήγμᾰσῐν
toîs smḗgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ σμῆγμᾰ
tò smêgmă 		τὼ σμήγμᾰτε
tṑ smḗgmăte 		τᾰ̀ σμήγμᾰτᾰ
tằ smḗgmătă
Vocative σμῆγμᾰ
smêgmă 		σμήγμᾰτε
smḗgmăte 		σμήγμᾰτᾰ
smḗgmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants
  • → Armenian: սմեգմա (smegma)
  • → Czech: smegma
  • → Danish: smegma
  • → Dutch: smegma
  • → English: smegma
  • → Finnish: smegma
  • → French: smegma
  • → German: Smegma, smegma
  • → Latin: smegma
  • → Lithuanian: smegma
  • → Swedish: smegma
  • → Classical Syriac: ܙܡܡܐ (zmamā)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σμάω, σμάομαι (> DER > 2. σμῆγμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1366-7

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