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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the zero-grade of τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tmɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈtmi.ma/ → /ˈtmi.ma/
Noun
τμῆμᾰ • (tmêma) n (genitive τμήμᾰτος); third declension
- something cut off
- piece, section
- segment of a line
- sector of a circle
- cut, incision, wound
- section of a book
- (astrology) division between two signs of the zodiac
Inflection
References
Further reading
- “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bit idem, page 80.
- cut idem, page 192.
- dent idem, page 211.
- fragment idem, page 342.
- gash idem, page 354.
- incision idem, page 428.
- indentation idem, page 432.
- notch idem, page 562.
- particle idem, page 594.
- piece idem, page 611.
- scrap idem, page 742.
- section idem, page 747.
- segment idem, page 750.
- shred idem, page 770.
- slice idem, page 784.
- slit idem, page 785.
- strip idem, page 826.