πεῖσμα

See also: πείσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From earlier *πένθ-σμα (*pénth-sma), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”), which Greek may have retained in πάσχω (páskhō, “to undergo, experience”) and πενθερός (pentherós, “father-in-law”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/

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

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsma) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

1. (nautical) ship's cable, stern's cable
2. (in general) rope, cable, painter
3. (botany) stalk of the fig

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰ tò peîsma	τὼ πείσμᾰτε tṑ peísmate	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ tà peísmata
Genitive	τοῦ πείσμᾰτος toû peísmatos	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν toîn peismátoin	τῶν πεισμᾰ́των tôn peismátōn
Dative	τῷ πείσμᾰτῐ tôi peísmati	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν toîn peismátoin	τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐν toîs peísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰ tò peîsma	τὼ πείσμᾰτε tṑ peísmate	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ tà peísmata
Vocative	πεῖσμᾰ peîsma	πείσμᾰτε peísmate	πείσμᾰτᾰ peísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πεισματικός (peismatikós)
• πεισμάτιον (peismátion)
• πεισμάτιος (peismátios)

 

Etymology 2

From πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/

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

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsma) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

1. persuasion, confidence

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰ tò peîsma	τὼ πείσμᾰτε tṑ peísmate	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ tà peísmata
Genitive	τοῦ πείσμᾰτος toû peísmatos	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν toîn peismátoin	τῶν πεισμᾰ́των tôn peismátōn
Dative	τῷ πείσμᾰτῐ tôi peísmati	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν toîn peismátoin	τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐν toîs peísmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰ tò peîsma	τὼ πείσμᾰτε tṑ peísmate	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ tà peísmata
Vocative	πεῖσμᾰ peîsma	πείσμᾰτε peísmate	πείσμᾰτᾰ peísmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πείσμα (peísma)

Further reading

• “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πεῖσμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πεῖσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πεῖσμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN