κλίμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “I slope, incline”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλῐ́μᾰ • (klíma) n (genitive κλῐ́μᾰτος); third declension

  1. a slope, incline, inclination
  2. the supposed slope of the earth from the equator to the pole; (terrestrial) latitude
  3. a region, zone or belt of the earth; a clime

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ; τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ
tò klíma 		τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε
tṑ klímate 		τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ
tà klímata
Genitive τοῦ κλῐ́μᾰτος
toû klímatos 		τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν
toîn klimátoin 		τῶν κλῐμᾰ́των
tôn klimátōn
Dative τῷ κλῐ́μᾰτῐ
tôi klímati 		τοῖν κλῐμᾰ́τοιν
toîn klimátoin 		τοῖς κλῐ́μᾰσῐ / κλῐ́μᾰσῐν
toîs klímasi(n)
Accusative τὸ κλῐ́μᾰ
tò klíma 		τὼ κλῐ́μᾰτε
tṑ klímate 		τᾰ̀ κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ
tà klímata
Vocative κλῐ́μᾰ
klíma 		κλῐ́μᾰτε
klímate 		κλῐ́μᾰτᾰ
klímata
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλῑ́νω (> DER > 7. κλίμα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 716-7

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).

Pronunciation

Noun

κλίμα • (klíma) n (plural κλίματα)

  1. (meteorology) climate
  2. (figuratively) atmosphere, mood
  3. (religion) see, the district or area covered by a Greek Orthodox patriarchate
    Η Κρήτη ανήκει στο κλίμα του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου.
    I Kríti aníkei sto klíma tou Oikoumenikoú Patriarcheíou.
    Crete is in the klima of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Declension

singular plural
nominative κλίμα (klíma) κλίματα (klímata)
genitive κλίματος (klímatos) κλιμάτων (klimáton)
accusative κλίμα (klíma) κλίματα (klímata)
vocative κλίμα (klíma) κλίματα (klímata)

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