σμῆμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σμᾰ́ω (smắō, “to wipe; to cleanse”) + -μᾰ (-mă). Compare typologically ῥῠ́μμα (rhŭ́mma) < ῥῠ́πτω (rhŭ́ptō, “to cleanse, to wash”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzme̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzmi.ma/
Noun
σμῆμᾰ • (smêmă) n (genitive σμήμᾰτος); third declension
- soap; a substance for cleaning and degreasing
- Synonym: σμῆγμᾰ (smêgmă)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σμῆμᾰ tò smêmă |
τὼ σμήμᾰτε tṑ smḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ σμήμᾰτᾰ tằ smḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σμήμᾰτος toû smḗmătos |
τοῖν σμημᾰ́τοιν toîn smēmắtoin |
τῶν σμημᾰ́των tôn smēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σμήμᾰτῐ tōî smḗmătĭ |
τοῖν σμημᾰ́τοιν toîn smēmắtoin |
τοῖς σμήμᾰσῐ / σμήμᾰσῐν toîs smḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σμῆμᾰ tò smêmă |
τὼ σμήμᾰτε tṑ smḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ σμήμᾰτᾰ tằ smḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σμῆμᾰ smêmă |
σμήμᾰτε smḗmăte |
σμήμᾰτᾰ smḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σμῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σμῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette