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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stíŋ.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɡ.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɣ.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstiɣ.ma/
(15^th 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

Third declension of τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ; τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: στίγμα (stígma), στιγμή (stigmí) (stigmí, “moment”)
→ Latin: stigma
- → Catalan: estigma
- → French: stigma, stigmate
  - → English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
- → Italian: stigma, stimma
- → Portuguese: estigma
- → Spanish: estigma
- → German: Stigma
→ Esperanto: stigmo

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

	singular	plural
nominative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)
genitive	στίγματος (stígmatos)	στιγμάτων (stigmáton)
accusative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)
vocative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)

Coordinate terms

Appendix:Greek alphabet

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

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