δεῖγμα

See also: δείγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root δεικ- (deik-), whence also δείκνῡμῐ (deíknūmi, “I show”), +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, object noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dêːŋ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/ → /ˈðiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

δεῖγμᾰ • (deîgma) n (genitive δείγμᾰτος); third declension

1. specimen, sample
2. pattern

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δεῖγμᾰ tò deîgma	τὼ δείγμᾰτε tṑ deígmate	τᾰ̀ δείγμᾰτᾰ tà deígmata
Genitive	τοῦ δείγμᾰτος toû deígmatos	τοῖν δειγμᾰ́τοιν toîn deigmátoin	τῶν δειγμᾰ́των tôn deigmátōn
Dative	τῷ δείγμᾰτῐ tôi deígmati	τοῖν δειγμᾰ́τοιν toîn deigmátoin	τοῖς δείγμᾰσῐ / δείγμᾰσῐν toîs deígmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δεῖγμᾰ tò deîgma	τὼ δείγμᾰτε tṑ deígmate	τᾰ̀ δείγμᾰτᾰ tà deígmata
Vocative	δεῖγμᾰ deîgma	δείγμᾰτε deígmate	δείγμᾰτᾰ deígmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ δεῖγμᾰ; τοῦ δείγμᾰτος (Attic)

Derived terms

• δειγμᾰτῐ́ζω (deigmatízō)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: דוגמא
  • → Hebrew: דּוּגְמָה (dugmá)
• Greek: δείγμα (deígma)
• → Medieval Latin: dīgma
  • Italian: dima

Further reading

• “δεῖγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δεῖγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δεῖγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δεῖγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1164 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bazaar idem, page 66.
  • evidence idem, page 285.
  • example idem, page 287.
  • exhibition idem, page 291.
  • illustration idem, page 416.
  • indication idem, page 432.
  • instance idem, page 446.
  • manifestation idem, page 512.
  • pattern idem, page 599.
  • sample idem, page 733.
  • specimen idem, page 799.