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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek root λᾱβ- (lāb-), whence λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”), and -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːm.ma/ → /ˈlim.ma/ → /ˈli.ma/
Noun
λῆμμᾰ • (lêmma) n (genitive λήμμᾰτος); third declension
- gain, income
- premise, assumption
Inflection
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Further reading
- “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λῆμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.