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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma).
Pronunciation
Noun
zema n (genitive zematis); third declension
- cooking utensil, saucepan
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “zema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- zema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “zema”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Latvian
Adjective
zema
- inflection of zems:
- genitive singular masculine
- nominative singular feminine