τέλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The origin remains unexplained. Has been compared to Old Armenian տիղմ (tiłm).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέλμᾰ • (télmă) n (genitive τέλμᾰτος); third declension

  1. standing water, pond, marsh, swamp
  2. (in the plural) lowlands subject to inundation, water meadows
  3. mud used as a mortar
  4. space pointed with mortar, between the courses of masonry

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τέλμᾰ; τοῦ τέλμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τέλμᾰ
tò télmă 		τὼ τέλμᾰτε
tṑ télmăte 		τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ
tằ télmătă
Genitive τοῦ τέλμᾰτος
toû télmătos 		τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν
toîn telmắtoin 		τῶν τελμᾰ́των
tôn telmắtōn
Dative τῷ τέλμᾰτῐ
tōî télmătĭ 		τοῖν τελμᾰ́τοιν
toîn telmắtoin 		τοῖς τέλμᾰσῐ / τέλμᾰσῐν
toîs télmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ τέλμᾰ
tò télmă 		τὼ τέλμᾰτε
tṑ télmăte 		τᾰ̀ τέλμᾰτᾰ
tằ télmătă
Vocative τέλμᾰ
télmă 		τέλμᾰτε
télmăte 		τέλμᾰτᾰ
télmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • τελμᾰτῐαῖος (telmătĭaîos)
  • τελμᾰτόομαι (telmătóomai)
  • τελμᾰτώδης (telmătṓdēs)
  • τελμῐ́ς (telmĭ́s)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Telmasaurus

Further reading

Greek

Noun

τέλμα • (télma) n (plural τέλματα)

  1. swamp, quagmire, bog
  2. (figuratively) impasse, predicament

Declension

Declension of τέλμα
singular plural
nominative τέλμα (télma) τέλματα (télmata)
genitive τέλματος (télmatos) τελμάτων (telmáton)
accusative τέλμα (télma) τέλματα (télmata)
vocative τέλμα (télma) τέλματα (télmata)

Synonyms

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