στίγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō, “to mark”, root στῐγ- (stĭg-)) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

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 • (stĭ́gmă) n (genitive στῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension

stigma (a permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin, typically given to slaves, criminals and traitors)
any mark or spot
gold (colour)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ; τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stĭ́gmă	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ stĭ́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος toû stĭ́gmătos	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stĭgmắtoin	τῶν στῐγμᾰ́των tôn stĭgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στῐ́γμᾰτῐ tōî stĭ́gmătĭ	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stĭgmắtoin	τοῖς στῐ́γμᾰσῐ / στῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs stĭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stĭ́gmă	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ stĭ́gmătă
Vocative	στῐ́γμᾰ stĭ́gmă	στῐ́γμᾰτε stĭ́gmăte	στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ stĭ́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

στῐγμή (stĭgmḗ)

Descendants

Greek: στίγμα (stígma)
→ Latin: stigma
- → Catalan: estigma
- → French: stigma, stigmate
  - → English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
- → Italian: stigma, stimma
- → Portuguese: estigma
- → Spanish: estigma
- → German: Stigma
→ Esperanto: stigmo
⇒ Translingual: Stigmella

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

Declension of **στίγμα**
	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