μάθημα

Ancient Greek

From the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

μάθημα • (máthēma) n (genitive μαθήματος); third declension

something that is learned: a lesson
learning, knowledge
(often in the plural) the mathematical sciences in particular, the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and astrology, harmonics
a creed

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος toû mathḗmatos	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin	τῶν μαθημᾰ́των tôn mathēmátōn
Dative	τῷ μαθήμᾰτῐ tôi mathḗmati	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin	τοῖς μαθήμᾰσῐ / μαθήμᾰσῐν toîs mathḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata
Vocative	μάθημᾰ máthēma	μαθήμᾰτε mathḗmate	μαθήμᾰτᾰ mathḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μάθημα 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.
- knowledge idem, page 472.
- learning idem, page 483.
- lesson idem, page 485.
- science idem, page 739.
- study idem, page 829.

μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma)

μάθημα • (máthima) n (plural μαθήματα)

see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)