στέμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στέφω (stéphō, “to encircle, crown”) + -μα (-ma), with regressive assimilation (though others, including Beekes, instead take the word to stem from the root of στολή (stolḗ, “equipment, robe”) + -μα (-ma)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈste.ma/
Noun
στέμμᾰ • (stémmă) n (genitive στέμμᾰτος); third declension
- (mostly in the plural) wreath, garland, chaplet
- (in the plural) pedigrees, family trees
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémmă |
τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmăte |
τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tằ stémmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ στέμμᾰτος toû stémmătos |
τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmắtoin |
τῶν στεμμᾰ́των tôn stemmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ στέμμᾰτῐ tōî stémmătĭ |
τοῖν στεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stemmắtoin |
τοῖς στέμμᾰσῐ / στέμμᾰσῐν toîs stémmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ στέμμᾰ tò stémmă |
τὼ στέμμᾰτε tṑ stémmăte |
τᾰ̀ στέμμᾰτᾰ tằ stémmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στέμμᾰ stémmă |
στέμμᾰτε stémmăte |
στέμμᾰτᾰ stémmătă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- στεμματίας (stemmatías)
- στεμματοφόρος (stemmatophóros)
- στεμματόω (stemmatóō)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “στέλλω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1397: “DER > paragraph 3, line 5 > στέμμα 'crown, wreath, garland'”
Further reading
- “στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “στέμμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στέμμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- στέμμα, 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 στέμμα (stémma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈste.ma/
- Hyphenation: στέμ‧μα
Noun
στέμμα • (stémma) n (plural στέμματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
| genitive | στέμματος (stémmatos) | στεμμάτων (stemmáton) |
| accusative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
| vocative | στέμμα (stémma) | στέμματα (stémmata) |
Synonyms
- κορώνα f (koróna, “crown”)
Related terms
- εστεμμένος (estemménos, “crowned”, participle & noun) (learned)
- στέψη f (stépsi, “crowning”)
- and see: στέφω (stéfo, “place wreath”)
Further reading
- στέμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el