μάγμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Etymology tree
From μάσσω (mássō, “I knead”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /máŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/
Noun
μάγμᾰ • (mágma) n (genitive μάγμᾰτος); third declension
- A kind of thick unguent
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μᾰ́γμᾰ tò mágma |
τὼ μᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ mágmate |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà mágmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μᾰ́γμᾰτος toû mágmatos |
τοῖν μᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn magmátoin |
τῶν μᾰγμᾰ́των tôn magmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi mágmati |
τοῖν μᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn magmátoin |
τοῖς μᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / μᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs mágmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μᾰ́γμᾰ tò mágma |
τὼ μᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ mágmate |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà mágmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́γμᾰ mágma |
μᾰ́γμᾰτε mágmate |
μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ mágmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: magma
Further reading
- “μάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μάγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
μάγμα • (mágma) n (plural μάγματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μάγμα (mágma) | μάγματα (mágmata) |
| genitive | μάγματος (mágmatos) | μαγμάτων (magmáton) |
| accusative | μάγμα (mágma) | μάγματα (mágmata) |
| vocative | μάγμα (mágma) | μάγματα (mágmata) |
Further reading
μάγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
