στίγμα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek root στιγ- (stig-) (from the same root of στίζω (stízō, “I mark”)), and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stíŋ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstiɣ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstiɣ.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstiɣ.ma/
Noun
στῐ́γμᾰ • (stígma) n (genitive στῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension
- A mark from a pointed instrument, often as a sign of ownership: mark, brand, tattoo
- Any mark or spot
- (colour): gold
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stígma |
τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stígmate |
τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà stígmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος toû stígmatos |
τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stigmátoin |
τῶν στῐγμᾰ́των tôn stigmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στῐ́γμᾰτῐ tôi stígmati |
τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stigmátoin |
τοῖς στῐ́γμᾰσῐ / στῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs stígmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stígma |
τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stígmate |
τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tà stígmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στῐ́γμᾰ stígma |
στῐ́γμᾰτε stígmate |
στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ stígmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “στίγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στίγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4742 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).
Noun
στίγμα • (stígma) n (plural στίγματα)
- stigma (mark of infamy)
- disgrace
- scar, birthmark
- Synonym: σημάδι (simádi)
- stigma (Ϛ and ϛ: a ligature of the Greek letters lunate sigma and tau)
Declension
Declension of στίγμα
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- αστιγμάτιστος (astigmátistos, “unstigmatised”, adjective)
- στιγματίζω (stigmatízo, “to stigmatise, to disgrace”)
- στιγματισμός m (stigmatismós, “stigmatisation”)
Further reading
στίγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
