στάθμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), the same root of σταθμός (stathmós, “stall, pen”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στᾰ́θμη • (stắthmē) f (genitive στᾰ́θμης); first declension

  1. carpenter's line or rule
    Synonym: ἀλφάδιον (alphádion)
  2. plummet or plumb line
  3. line which bounds the racecourse, goal
  4. (figuratively) law, rule

Inflection

First declension of ἡ στᾰ́θμη; τῆς στᾰ́θμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στᾰ́θμη
hē stắthmē 		τὼ στᾰ́θμᾱ
tṑ stắthmā 		αἱ στᾰ́θμαι
hai stắthmai
Genitive τῆς στᾰ́θμης
tês stắthmēs 		τοῖν στᾰ́θμαιν
toîn stắthmain 		τῶν στᾰθμῶν
tôn stăthmôn
Dative τῇ στᾰ́θμῃ
tēî stắthmēi 		τοῖν στᾰ́θμαιν
toîn stắthmain 		ταῖς στᾰ́θμαις
taîs stắthmais
Accusative τὴν στᾰ́θμην
tḕn stắthmēn 		τὼ στᾰ́θμᾱ
tṑ stắthmā 		τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́θμᾱς
tā̀s stắthmās
Vocative στᾰ́θμη
stắthmē 		στᾰ́θμᾱ
stắthmā 		στᾰ́θμαι
stắthmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: στάθμη (státhmi)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

στάθμη • (státhmi) f (uncountable)

  1. level
    η στάθμη της θάλασσας ― i státhmi tis thálassas ― the level of the sea
  2. (figuratively) level (of education, sophistication etc)

Declension

Declension of στάθμη
singular
nominative στάθμη (státhmi)
genitive στάθμης (státhmis)
accusative στάθμη (státhmi)
vocative στάθμη (státhmi)

See also

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