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

 

Noun

ἄχμα • (ákhman (genitive ᾰ̓́χμᾰτος); third declension (Aeolic)

  1. 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)

Declension

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