λῆμμα

See also: λήμμα and λέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek root λᾱβ- (lāb-), whence λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”), and -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːm.ma/ → /ˈlim.ma/ → /ˈli.ma/

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

Noun

λῆμμᾰ • (lêmmă) n (genitive λήμμᾰτος); third declension

1. gain, income
2. premise, assumption

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λῆμμᾰ tò lêmmă	τὼ λήμμᾰτε tṑ lḗmmăte	τᾰ̀ λήμμᾰτᾰ tằ lḗmmătă
Genitive	τοῦ λήμμᾰτος toû lḗmmătos	τοῖν λημμᾰ́τοιν toîn lēmmắtoin	τῶν λημμᾰ́των tôn lēmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ λήμμᾰτῐ tôi lḗmmătĭ	τοῖν λημμᾰ́τοιν toîn lēmmắtoin	τοῖς λήμμᾰσῐ / λήμμᾰσῐν toîs lḗmmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ λῆμμᾰ tò lêmmă	τὼ λήμμᾰτε tṑ lḗmmăte	τᾰ̀ λήμμᾰτᾰ tằ lḗmmătă
Vocative	λῆμμᾰ lêmmă	λήμμᾰτε lḗmmăte	λήμμᾰτᾰ lḗmmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ λῆμμᾰ; τοῦ λήμμᾰτος (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἀνάλημμᾰ (análēmmă)
• ἀντῐλημμᾰτίζω (antĭlēmmătízō)
• διάλημμᾰ (diálēmmă)
• δίλημμᾰ (dílēmmă)
• κᾰτᾰ́λημμᾰ (kătắlēmmă)
• λημμᾰτίζω (lēmmătízō)
• λημμᾰτῐκός (lēmmătĭkós)
• λημμᾰ́τῐον (lēmmắtĭon)
• λημμᾰτῐστής (lēmmătĭstḗs)
• μονολήμμᾰτος (monolḗmmătos)
• παράλημμᾰ (parálēmmă)
• περίλημμᾰ (perílēmmă)
• πολυλήμμᾰτος (polulḗmmătos)
• πρόλημμᾰ (prólēmmă)
• προλημμᾰτίζω (prolēmmătízō)
• πρόσλημμᾰ (próslēmmă)
• ὑπόλημμᾰ (hupólēmmă)

Related terms

• διειλημμένως (dieilēmménōs)
• περιειλημμένως (perieilēmménōs)

Descendants

• Greek: λήμμα (límma)
• → Latin: lēmma
  • English: lemma
  • French: lemme
  • German: Lemma
  • Italian: lemma
  • Spanish: lema
• → Russian: ле́мма f (lémma)

Further reading

• “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λῆμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λῆμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advantage idem, page 14.
  • benefit idem, page 74.
  • expediency idem, page 293.
  • gain idem, page 352.
  • grist idem, page 374.
  • interest idem, page 450.
  • lucre idem, page 504.
  • profit idem, page 653.
  • receipt idem, page 678.