στρέμμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /strém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstrem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstrem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstrem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstre.ma/
Noun
editστρέμμᾰ • (strémma) n (genitive στρέμμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is twisted, thread
- twist, roll
- wrench, stram, sprain
- conspiracy, band of conspirators
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémma |
τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmate |
τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tà strémmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στρέμμᾰτος toû strémmatos |
τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmátoin |
τῶν στρεμμᾰ́των tôn stremmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στρέμμᾰτῐ tôi strémmati |
τοῖν στρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn stremmátoin |
τοῖς στρέμμᾰσῐ / στρέμμᾰσῐν toîs strémmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ στρέμμᾰ tò strémma |
τὼ στρέμμᾰτε tṑ strémmate |
τᾰ̀ στρέμμᾰτᾰ tà strémmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | στρέμμᾰ strémma |
στρέμμᾰτε strémmate |
στρέμμᾰτᾰ strémmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Latin: stremma
References
edit- “στρέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
editNoun
editστρέμμα • (strémma) n (plural στρέμματα)
- The royal stremma or decare of 1⁄10 hectare (1,000 m²)
- (historical) The historical stremma or square plethron, an area of 10,000 square Greek feet
- (historical, colloquial) The historical stremma, the area able to be plowed by a team of oxen in a day, the Greek equivalent of the English acre
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | στρέμμα (strémma) | στρέμματα (strémmata) |
genitive | στρέμματος (strémmatos) | στρεμμάτων (stremmáton) |
accusative | στρέμμα (strémma) | στρέμματα (strémmata) |
vocative | στρέμμα (strémma) | στρέμματα (strémmata) |
See also
edit- τετραγωνικό μέτρο n (tetragonikó métro, “square metre”)
- εκτάριο n (ektário, “hectare”)
Further reading
edit- στρέμμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- Stremma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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