στῦμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στῠ́φω (stŭ́phō, “to draw together”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stŷːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstym.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstym.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstym.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsti.ma/
Noun
στῦμμᾰ • (stûmmă) n (genitive στῡ́μμᾰτος); third declension
- astringent, used especially for thickening oil, that it may retain scent better
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmmă |
τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmăte |
τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ stū́mmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στῡ́μμᾰτος toû stū́mmătos |
τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmắtoin |
τῶν στῡμμᾰ́των tôn stūmmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στῡ́μμᾰτῐ tōî stū́mmătĭ |
τοῖν στῡμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stūmmắtoin |
τοῖς στῡ́μμᾰσῐ / στῡ́μμᾰσῐν toîs stū́mmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στῦμμᾰ tò stûmmă |
τὼ στῡ́μμᾰτε tṑ stū́mmăte |
τᾰ̀ στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ stū́mmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῦμμᾰ stûmmă |
στῡ́μμᾰτε stū́mmăte |
στῡ́μμᾰτᾰ stū́mmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “στῦμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στῦμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette