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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄρχ(ω) (árkh(ō), “I begin”) + suffix -μα (-ma) in the plural -ματα with *ἀρχ-μα > *ἀργ-μα, of which this form is the plural.
*ἄρχματα (*árkhmata) is found in ἀπάρχματα θεοῖς (apárkhmata theoîs, “sacrifices for the gods”) at Hesychius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /árŋ.ma.ta/ → /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/ → /ˈarɣ.ma.ta/
Noun
ἄργμᾰτα • (árgmata) n (genitive ᾰ̓ργμᾰ́των); third declension
- (plural only) firstlings at a feast or sacrifices
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