ἔκτμημα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ τμῆμᾰ (tmêma) or ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ékt.mɛː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.me̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈekt.mi.ma/

Noun

ἔκτμημᾰ • (éktmēma) n (genitive ἐκτμήμᾰτος); third declension

section, segment, zone
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 362b.5:
  τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον πρὸς τὸν κάτω πόλον ἕτεροι δύο κῶνοι τῆς γῆς ἐκτμήματα ποιοῦσι.
  tòn autòn dè trópon pròs tòn kátō pólon héteroi dúo kônoi tês gês ektmḗmata poioûsi.
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 363a.29:
  δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἕτερον ἔκτμημα τὸ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οἰκούμενον·
  deî dè noeîn autoû tò héteron éktmēma tò huph’ hēmôn oikoúmenon;
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Gem. 16.5
- 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 26.27.6
- 150 CE – 250 CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias, in Mete. 108.18

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ; τοῦ ἐκτμήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēma	τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tà ektmḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτμήμᾰτος toû ektmḗmatos	τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmátoin	τῶν ἐκτμημᾰ́των tôn ektmēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτμήμᾰτῐ tôi ektmḗmati	τοῖν ἐκτμημᾰ́τοιν toîn ektmēmátoin	τοῖς ἐκτμήμᾰσῐ / ἐκτμήμᾰσῐν toîs ektmḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔκτμημᾰ tò éktmēma	τὼ ἐκτμήμᾰτε tṑ ektmḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ tà ektmḗmata
Vocative	ἔκτμημᾰ éktmēma	ἐκτμήμᾰτε ektmḗmate	ἐκτμήμᾰτᾰ ektmḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἔκτμημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἔκτμημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔκτμημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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