τρῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τετραίνω (tetraínō, “to perforate”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈtri.ma/ → /ˈtri.ma/

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

Noun

τρῆμᾰ • (trêma) n (genitive τρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. hole, aperture, perforation

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῆμᾰ tò trêma	τὼ τρήμᾰτε tṑ trḗmate	τᾰ̀ τρήμᾰτᾰ tà trḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ τρήμᾰτος toû trḗmatos	τοῖν τρημᾰ́τοιν toîn trēmátoin	τῶν τρημᾰ́των tôn trēmátōn
Dative	τῷ τρήμᾰτῐ tôi trḗmati	τοῖν τρημᾰ́τοιν toîn trēmátoin	τοῖς τρήμᾰσῐ / τρήμᾰσῐν toîs trḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῆμᾰ tò trêma	τὼ τρήμᾰτε tṑ trḗmate	τᾰ̀ τρήμᾰτᾰ tà trḗmata
Vocative	τρῆμᾰ trêma	τρήμᾰτε trḗmate	τρήμᾰτᾰ trḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ τρῆμᾰ; τοῦ τρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Descendants

• → English: trema, -treme
• → French: tréma
• Greek: τρήμα (tríma)

Further reading

• “τρῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τρῆμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τρῆμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette