στρέμμα

Ancient Greek

From στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

στρέμμᾰ • (strémmă) n (genitive στρέμμᾰτος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ στρέμμᾰ; τοῦ στρέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémmă	τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmăte	τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ strémmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στρέμμᾰτος toû strémmătos	τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmắtoin	τῶν στρεμμᾰ́των tôn stremmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στρέμμᾰτῐ tōî strémmătĭ	τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmắtoin	τοῖς στρέμμᾰσῐ / στρέμμᾰσῐν toîs strémmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémmă	τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmăte	τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ strémmătă
Vocative	στρέμμᾰ strémmă	στρέμμᾰτε strémmăte	στρέμμᾰτᾰ strémmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“στρέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
στρέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

στρέμμα • (strémma) n (plural στρέμματα)

The royal stremma or decare of ¹⁄₁₀ hectare (1,000 m²)
(historical) The historical stremma or square plethron, an area of 10,000 square Greek feet
(historical, colloquial) The historical stremma, the area able to be plowed by a team of oxen in a day, the Greek equivalent of the English acre