στέμμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στέφω (stéphō, “to encircle, crown”) + -μα (-ma), with regressive assimilation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.ma/
Noun
στέμμᾰ • (stémma) n (genitive στέμμᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémma |
τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmate |
τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tà stémmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στέμμᾰτος toû stémmatos |
τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmátoin |
τῶν στεμμᾰ́των tôn stemmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στέμμᾰτῐ tôi stémmati |
τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmátoin |
τοῖς στέμμᾰσῐ / στέμμᾰσῐν toîs stémmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémma |
τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmate |
τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tà stémmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στέμμᾰ stémma |
στέμμᾰτε stémmate |
στέμμᾰτᾰ stémmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στεμματίας (stemmatías)
- στεμματοφόρος (stemmatophóros)
- στεμματόω (stemmatóō)
Descendants
Further reading
- “στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “στέμμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στέμμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).
Pronunciation
Noun
στέμμα • (stémma) n (plural στέμματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
| genitive | στέμματος (stémmatos) | στεμμάτων (stemmáton) |
| accusative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
| vocative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
Synonyms
- κορώνα f (koróna, “crown”)
Related terms
- εστεμμένος (estemménos, “crowned”, participle & noun) (learned)
- στέψη f (stépsi, “crowning”)
- and see: στέφω (stéfo, “place wreath”)
Further reading
στέμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
