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Ancient Greek
Etymology
δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) + -μᾰ (-ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dér.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/ → /ˈðer.ma/
Noun
δέρμᾰ • (dérma) n (genitive δέρμᾰτος); third declension
- skin, hide
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Descendants
Further reading
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δέρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “δέρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1192 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “derma”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”).
Pronunciation
Noun
δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)
- (anatomy) skin (of human or animal)
- leather
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- ασκός m (askós, “wineskin”)
- σεβρό n (sevró, “kidskin”)
- φλούδα f (floúda, “fruit skin”)