τέρμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥, the same source of Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tér.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈter.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈter.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈter.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈter.ma/
Noun
τέρμᾰ • (térma) n (genitive τέρμᾰτος); third declension
- end, boundary
- goal round which horses and chariots had to turn at races
- mark set to show how far a quoit was thrown
- (in general) end, limit, bound
- culmination, highest point, goal
- highest power, supremacy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ τέρμᾰ tò térma |
τὼ τέρμᾰτε tṑ térmate |
τᾰ̀ τέρμᾰτᾰ tà térmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τέρμᾰτος toû térmatos |
τοῖν τερμᾰ́τοιν toîn termátoin |
τῶν τερμᾰ́των tôn termátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τέρμᾰτῐ tôi térmati |
τοῖν τερμᾰ́τοιν toîn termátoin |
τοῖς τέρμᾰσῐ / τέρμᾰσῐν toîs térmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ τέρμᾰ tò térma |
τὼ τέρμᾰτε tṑ térmate |
τᾰ̀ τέρμᾰτᾰ tà térmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τέρμᾰ térma |
τέρμᾰτε térmate |
τέρμᾰτᾰ térmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀτέρμων (atérmōn)
- τερμάζω (termázō)
- τερμαστῆρες (termastêres)
- τερματίζω (termatízō)
- τερμάτιον (termátion)
- τερματοῦχος (termatoûkhos)
- τερμιεύς (termieús)
- τερμιόεις (termióeis)
- τέρμιος (térmios)
- τερμοδρομέω (termodroméō)
- τερμονίζω (termonízō)
- τερμόνιος (termónios)
- τερμοσύνη (termosúnē)
- τέρμων (térmōn)
Descendants
- Greek: τέρμα (térma)
References
- “τέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέρμᾰ (térma), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥. Cognate with Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”).
Noun
τέρμα • (térma) n (plural τέρματα)
- conclusion, end, goal
- (athletics, etc) finishing line
- (soccer) goal (the physical entity and what is scored)
Declension
Declension of τέρμα
Synonyms
Related terms
- τερματοφύλακας m (termatofýlakas, “goalkeeper”)
See also
- ποδόσφαιρο n (podósfairo, “soccer, football”)
Further reading
Ποδόσφαιρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
