τείχισμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τειχίζω (teikhízō, “build a wall, fortify”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /těː.kʰiz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈti.kʰiz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈti.çiz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈti.çiz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.çiz.ma/
Noun
τείχῐσμᾰ • (teíkhĭsmă) n (genitive τειχῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τείχῐσμᾰ tò teíkhĭsmă |
τὼ τειχῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ teikhĭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ τειχῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ teikhĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τειχῐ́σμᾰτος toû teikhĭ́smătos |
τοῖν τειχῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn teikhĭsmắtoin |
τῶν τειχῐσμᾰ́των tôn teikhĭsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τειχῐ́σμᾰτῐ tōî teikhĭ́smătĭ |
τοῖν τειχῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn teikhĭsmắtoin |
τοῖς τειχῐ́σμᾰσῐ / τειχῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs teikhĭ́smăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τείχῐσμᾰ tò teíkhĭsmă |
τὼ τειχῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ teikhĭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ τειχῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ teikhĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τείχῐσμᾰ teíkhĭsmă |
τειχῐ́σμᾰτε teikhĭ́smăte |
τειχῐ́σμᾰτᾰ teikhĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τείχισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τείχισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τείχισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- defence idem, page 204.
- entrenchment idem, page 278.
- fort idem, page 339.