στέναγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενάζω (stenázō, “to sigh, groan”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στένᾰγμᾰ • (sténăgmă) n (genitive στενᾰ́γμᾰτος); third declension

  1. sigh, groan
    • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 4–5:
      Πόλις δ’ ὁμοῦ μὲν θυμιαμάτων γέμει,
      ὁμοῦ δὲ παιάνων τε καὶ στεναγμάτων.
      Pólis d’ homoû mèn thumiamátōn gémei,
      homoû dè paiánōn te kaì stenagmátōn.
      The city is full of both incense-offerings,
      as well as paeans and groans.

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στένᾰγμᾰ; τοῦ στενᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ στένᾰγμᾰ
tò sténăgmă 		τὼ στενᾰ́γμᾰτε
tṑ stenắgmăte 		τᾰ̀ στενᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ stenắgmătă
Genitive τοῦ στενᾰ́γμᾰτος
toû stenắgmătos 		τοῖν στενᾰγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn stenăgmắtoin 		τῶν στενᾰγμᾰ́των
tôn stenăgmắtōn
Dative τῷ στενᾰ́γμᾰτῐ
tōî stenắgmătĭ 		τοῖν στενᾰγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn stenăgmắtoin 		τοῖς στενᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / στενᾰ́γμᾰσῐν
toîs stenắgmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ στένᾰγμᾰ
tò sténăgmă 		τὼ στενᾰ́γμᾰτε
tṑ stenắgmăte 		τᾰ̀ στενᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ stenắgmătă
Vocative στένᾰγμᾰ
sténăgmă 		στενᾰ́γμᾰτε
stenắgmăte 		στενᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ
stenắgmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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