σπιθαμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), δόχμη (dókhmē, “breadth of the hand”) and πυγμή (pugmḗ, “distance between the elbow and the knuckles”). According to Beekes, it's probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰa.mɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spi.tʰaˈme̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spi.θaˈmi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spi.θaˈmi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spi.θaˈmi/

Noun

σπῐθᾰμή • (spĭthămḗ) f (genitive σπῐθᾰμῆς); first declension

span, also as a fixed measure

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπῐθᾰμή; τῆς σπῐθᾰμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῐθᾰμή hē spĭthămḗ	τὼ σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ tṑ spĭthămā́	αἱ σπῐθᾰμαί hai spĭthămaí
Genitive	τῆς σπῐθᾰμῆς tês spĭthămês	τοῖν σπῐθᾰμαῖν toîn spĭthămaîn	τῶν σπῐθᾰμῶν tôn spĭthămôn
Dative	τῇ σπῐθᾰμῇ tēî spĭthămēî	τοῖν σπῐθᾰμαῖν toîn spĭthămaîn	ταῖς σπῐθᾰμαῖς taîs spĭthămaîs
Accusative	τὴν σπῐθᾰμήν tḕn spĭthămḗn	τὼ σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ tṑ spĭthămā́	τᾱ̀ς σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ς tā̀s spĭthămā́s
Vocative	σπῐθᾰμή spĭthămḗ	σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ spĭthămā́	σπῐθᾰμαί spĭthămaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σπιθαμιαῖος (spithamiaîos)
τρισπίθαμος (trispíthamos)