κέρμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κείρω (keírō, “to cut short, shear, clip”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kér.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈker.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ma/

Noun

κέρμᾰ • (kérma) n (genitive κέρμᾰτος); third declension

fragment
coin, especially of copper
Synonym: νόμῐσμᾰ (nómisma)
(collectively) cash

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κέρμᾰ; τοῦ κέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κέρμᾰ tò kérma	τὼ κέρμᾰτε tṑ kérmate	τᾰ̀ κέρμᾰτᾰ tà kérmata
Genitive	τοῦ κέρμᾰτος toû kérmatos	τοῖν κερμᾰ́τοιν toîn kermátoin	τῶν κερμᾰ́των tôn kermátōn
Dative	τῷ κέρμᾰτῐ tôi kérmati	τοῖν κερμᾰ́τοιν toîn kermátoin	τοῖς κέρμᾰσῐ / κέρμᾰσῐν toîs kérmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κέρμᾰ tò kérma	τὼ κέρμᾰτε tṑ kérmate	τᾰ̀ κέρμᾰτᾰ tà kérmata
Vocative	κέρμᾰ kérma	κέρμᾰτε kérmate	κέρμᾰτᾰ kérmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κερμᾰτῐ́ζω (kermatízō)
κερμᾰ́τῐον (kermátion)
κερμᾰτῐσμός (kermatismós)
κερμᾰτῐστής (kermatistḗs)
κερμᾰτόομαι (kermatóomai)
κερμῐ́ον (kermíon)

Descendants

Greek: κέρμα (kérma)

Further reading

“κέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

κέρμα • (kérma) n (plural κέρματα)

coin

Declension

Declension of **κέρμα**
	singular	plural
nominative	κέρμα (kérma)	κέρματα (kérmata)
genitive	κέρματος (kérmatos)	κερμάτων (kermáton)
accusative	κέρμα (kérma)	κέρματα (kérmata)
vocative	κέρμα (kérma)	κέρματα (kérmata)

Synonyms

νόμισμα n (nómisma)

Coordinate terms

see: χρήμα n (chríma, “capital, assets”)

Further reading

Νόμισμα (Κέρμα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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