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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root δεικ- (deik-), whence also δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, “I show”), + -μᾰ (-ma, object noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dêːŋ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/
Noun
δεῖγμᾰ • (deîgma) n (genitive δείγμᾰτος); third declension
- specimen, sample
- pattern
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “δεῖγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δεῖγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δεῖγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δεῖγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1164 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bazaar idem, page 66.
- evidence idem, page 285.
- example idem, page 287.
- exhibition idem, page 291.
- illustration idem, page 416.
- indication idem, page 432.
- instance idem, page 446.
- manifestation idem, page 512.
- pattern idem, page 599.
- sample idem, page 733.
- specimen idem, page 799.