δέρμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”) + -μᾰ (-mă).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dér.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈder.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðer.ma/
Noun
δέρμᾰ • (dérmă) n (genitive δέρμᾰτος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă |
τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte |
τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δέρμᾰτος toû dérmătos |
τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin |
τῶν δερμᾰ́των tôn dermắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δέρμᾰτῐ tōî dérmătĭ |
τοῖν δερμᾰ́τοιν toîn dermắtoin |
τοῖς δέρμᾰσῐ / δέρμᾰσῐν toîs dérmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δέρμᾰ tò dérmă |
τὼ δέρμᾰτε tṑ dérmăte |
τᾰ̀ δέρμᾰτᾰ tằ dérmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δέρμᾰ dérmă |
δέρμᾰτε dérmăte |
δέρμᾰτᾰ dérmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δερμάτινος (dermátinos)
- δερμᾰτοφόρος (dermătophóros)
- ὀστρᾰκόδερμος (ostrăkódermos)
- παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δέρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318: “DER > line 1 > δέρμα”
Further reading
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δέρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δέρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δέρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δέρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- “δέρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1192 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- δέρμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈðɛɾma]
Noun
δέρμα • (dérma) n (plural δέρματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
| genitive | δέρματος (dérmatos) | δερμάτων (dermáton) |
| accusative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
| vocative | δέρμα (dérma) | δέρματα (dérmata) |
Derived terms
- αιγόδερμα n (aigóderma, “goatskin”)
- γιδόδερμα n (gidóderma, “kidskin”)
- δερμάτινος (dermátinos, “made from leather”)
- επιδερμίδα f (epidermída, “epidermis”)