νῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέω (néō, “to spin”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈni.ma/ → /ˈni.ma/

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

Noun

νῆμᾰ • (nêma) n (genitive νήμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is spun: thread, yarn
2. silk
3. strand of a spider's web

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νῆμᾰ; τοῦ νήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῆμᾰ tò nêma	τὼ νήμᾰτε tṑ nḗmate	τᾰ̀ νήμᾰτᾰ tà nḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ νήμᾰτος toû nḗmatos	τοῖν νημᾰ́τοιν toîn nēmátoin	τῶν νημᾰ́των tôn nēmátōn
Dative	τῷ νήμᾰτῐ tôi nḗmati	τοῖν νημᾰ́τοιν toîn nēmátoin	τοῖς νήμᾰσῐ / νήμᾰσῐν toîs nḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νῆμᾰ tò nêma	τὼ νήμᾰτε tṑ nḗmate	τᾰ̀ νήμᾰτᾰ tà nḗmata
Vocative	νῆμᾰ nêma	νήμᾰτε nḗmate	νήμᾰτᾰ nḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: νήμα (níma)
• → English: -nema, nemat-

Further reading

• “νῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νῆμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νῆμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• νῆμα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • thread idem, page 869.
  • twine idem, page 903.
  • yarn idem, page 995.