ἄχμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
By surface analysis, ἄγω (ágō) + -μα (-ma). Given the existence of parallel formations in Latin agmen and Sanskrit ájman, it could be derived from Proto-Hellenic *ákʰmə, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵmn̥. Regardless, ultimately from *h₂eǵ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ákʰ.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈakʰ.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈax.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈax.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈax.ma/
Noun
ἄχμα • (ákhma) n (genitive ᾰ̓́χμᾰτος); third declension (Aeolic)
- cargo
- Alcaeus, Fragments 208.14:
- τοι πόδες ἀμφότεροι μένο[ισιν ἐ<ν> βιμβλίδεσσι· τοῦτό με καὶ ο[άοιμόνον· τὰ δ᾿ ἄχματ᾿ ἐκπεπ[ . ] . άχμενα. . ]μεν . [ . ]ηντ᾿ ἔπερθα· τὼν[ . . . ] .
- toi pódes amphóteroi méno[isin e<ν> bimblídessi; toûtó me kaì o[áoimónon; tà d’ ákhmat’ ekpep[ . ] . ákhmena. . ]men . [ . ]ēnt’ épertha; tṑn[ . . . ] .
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- τοι πόδες ἀμφότεροι μένο[ισιν ἐ<ν> βιμβλίδεσσι· τοῦτό με καὶ ο[άοιμόνον· τὰ δ᾿ ἄχματ᾿ ἐκπεπ[ . ] . άχμενα. . ]μεν . [ . ]ηντ᾿ ἔπερθα· τὼν[ . . . ] .
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́χμᾰ tò ắkhmă |
τὼ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτε tṑ ắkhmăte |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτᾰ tằ ắkhmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτος toû ắkhmătos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓χμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkhmắtoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓χμᾰ́των tôn ăkhmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτῐ tōî ắkhmătĭ |
τοῖν ᾰ̓χμᾰ́τοιν toîn ăkhmắtoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́χμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓́χμᾰσῐν toîs ắkhmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́χμᾰ tò ắkhmă |
τὼ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτε tṑ ắkhmăte |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́χμᾰτᾰ tằ ắkhmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́χμᾰ ắkhmă |
ᾰ̓́χμᾰτε ắkhmăte |
ᾰ̓́χμᾰτᾰ ắkhmătă | ||||||||||
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References
- ἄχμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἄχμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Schnegg, Kordula (2004), Commerce and Monetary Systems in the Ancient World: Means of Transmission and Cultural Interaction: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Assyrian and Babylonian Intellectual Heritage Project, Held in Innsbruck, Austria, October 3rd-8th 2002[1], Franz Steiner Verlag, →ISBN, page 191
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 267