ἔκτμημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐκ- (ek-) + τμῆμᾰ (tmêmă) or ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ékt.mɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈekt.me̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
Noun
ἔκτμημᾰ • (éktmēmă) n (genitive ἐκτμήμᾰτος); third declension
- section, segment, zone
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 362b.5:
- τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον πρὸς τὸν κάτω πόλον ἕτεροι δύο κῶνοι τῆς γῆς ἐκτμήματα ποιοῦσι.
- tòn autòn dè trópon pròs tòn kátō pólon héteroi dúo kônoi tês gês ektmḗmata poioûsi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον πρὸς τὸν κάτω πόλον ἕτεροι δύο κῶνοι τῆς γῆς ἐκτμήματα ποιοῦσι.
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 363a.29:
- δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἕτερον ἔκτμημα τὸ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οἰκούμενον·
- deî dè noeîn autoû tò héteron éktmēma tò huph’ hēmôn oikoúmenon;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἕτερον ἔκτμημα τὸ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οἰκούμενον·
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēmă |
τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tằ ektmḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐκτμήμᾰτος toû ektmḗmătos |
τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmắtoin |
τῶν ἐκτμημᾰ́των tôn ektmēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐκτμήμᾰτῐ tōî ektmḗmătĭ |
τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmắtoin |
τοῖς ἐκτμήμᾰσῐ / ἐκτμήμᾰσῐν toîs ektmḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēmă |
τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tằ ektmḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔκτμημᾰ éktmēmă |
ἐκτμήμᾰτε ektmḗmăte |
ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ ektmḗmătă | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἔκτμημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔκτμημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔκτμημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)