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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πήγ(νῡμῐ) (pḗg(nūmi)) + -μᾰ (-ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/ → /ˈpiɣ.ma/
Noun
πῆγμᾰ • (pêgma) n (genitive πήγμᾰτος); third declension
- anything fastened or joined together, a framework
- of a ship
- of a roof
- a stage or scaffold used in theatres
- a bookcase
- metaphorically:
- a bond in honour bound
- fabric
- anything congealed
- of frozen snow
- of fat
- of the waters of the Jordan
- that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk
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