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 • (trêmă) n (genitive τρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. hole, aperture, perforation

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῆμᾰ tò trêmă	τὼ τρήμᾰτε tṑ trḗmăte	τᾰ̀ τρήμᾰτᾰ tằ trḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τρήμᾰτος toû trḗmătos	τοῖν τρημᾰ́τοιν toîn trēmắtoin	τῶν τρημᾰ́των tôn trēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τρήμᾰτῐ tôi trḗmătĭ	τοῖν τρημᾰ́τοιν toîn trēmắtoin	τοῖς τρήμᾰσῐ / τρήμᾰσῐν toîs trḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῆμᾰ tò trêmă	τὼ τρήμᾰτε tṑ trḗmăte	τᾰ̀ τρήμᾰτᾰ tằ trḗmătă
Vocative	τρῆμᾰ trêmă	τρήμᾰτε trḗmăte	τρήμᾰτᾰ trḗmătă
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)
• → Translingual: Trema

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