ἔχμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ékʰ.ma/ → /ˈex.ma/ → /ˈex.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ékʰ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈekʰ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈex.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈex.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈex.ma/

Noun

ἔχμᾰ • (ékhma) n (genitive ἔχμᾰτος); third declension

1. hindrance, impediment
2. bulwark
3. holdfast, stay, prop, buttress

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔχμᾰ; τοῦ ἔχμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔχμᾰ tò ékhma	τὼ ἔχμᾰτε tṑ ékhmate	τᾰ̀ ἔχμᾰτᾰ tà ékhmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἔχμᾰτος toû ékhmatos	τοῖν ἐχμᾰ́τοιν toîn ekhmátoin	τῶν ἐχμᾰ́των tôn ekhmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἔχμᾰτῐ tôi ékhmati	τοῖν ἐχμᾰ́τοιν toîn ekhmátoin	τοῖς ἔχμᾰσῐ / ἔχμᾰσῐν toîs ékhmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔχμᾰ tò ékhma	τὼ ἔχμᾰτε tṑ ékhmate	τᾰ̀ ἔχμᾰτᾰ tà ékhmata
Vocative	ἔχμᾰ ékhma	ἔχμᾰτε ékhmate	ἔχμᾰτᾰ ékhmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔχμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔχμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette