στέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στέφω (stéphō, “to encircle, crown”) +‎ -μα (-ma), with regressive assimilation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stém.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ma/

Noun

στέμμᾰ • (stémmă) n (genitive στέμμᾰτος); third declension

(mostly in the plural) wreath, garland, chaplet
(in the plural) pedigrees, family trees

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στέμμᾰ; τοῦ στέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémmă	τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmăte	τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tằ stémmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στέμμᾰτος toû stémmătos	τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmắtoin	τῶν στεμμᾰ́των tôn stemmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στέμμᾰτῐ tōî stémmătĭ	τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmắtoin	τοῖς στέμμᾰσῐ / στέμμᾰσῐν toîs stémmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémmă	τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmăte	τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tằ stémmătă
Vocative	στέμμᾰ stémmă	στέμμᾰτε stémmăte	στέμμᾰτᾰ stémmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

στεμματίας (stemmatías)
στεμματοφόρος (stemmatophóros)
στεμματόω (stemmatóō)

Descendants

Greek: στέμμα (stémma)
- Romanian: stemă
→ English: stemma
→ Latin: stemma
- → Italian: stemma

Further reading

“στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“στέμμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
στέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
στέμμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈste.ma/
Hyphenation: στέμ‧μα

Noun

στέμμα • (stémma) n (plural στέμματα)

crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)
(astronomy) corona (of the sun)

Declension

Declension of **στέμμα**
	singular	plural
nominative	στέμμα (stémma)	στέμματα (stémmata)
genitive	στέμματος (stémmatos)	στεμμάτων (stemmáton)
accusative	στέμμα (stémma)	στέμματα (stémmata)
vocative	στέμμα (stémma)	στέμματα (stémmata)

Synonyms

κορώνα f (koróna, “crown”)

Related terms

εστεμμένος (estemménos, “crowned”, participle & noun) (learned)
στέψη f (stépsi, “crowning”)

and see: στέφω (stéfo, “place wreath”)

Further reading

στέμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el