ἅμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to fasten”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hám.ma/ → /ˈam.ma/ → /ˈa.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hám.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)am.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/

Noun

ἅμμα • (hámma) n (genitive ἅμματος); third declension

1. Anything tied or made to tie
   1. A knot
   2. A noose, a halter
   3. The link of a chain
   4. (in the plural) The clinches in wrestling
   5. A measure of length

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἅμμα tò hámma	τὼ ἅμματε tṑ hámmate	τᾰ̀ ἅμματᾰ tà hámmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἅμματος toû hámmatos	τοῖν ἁμμάτοιν toîn hammátoin	τῶν ἁμμάτων tôn hammátōn
Dative	τῷ ἅμματῐ tôi hámmati	τοῖν ἁμμάτοιν toîn hammátoin	τοῖς ἅμμασῐ / ἅμμασῐν toîs hámmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἅμμα tò hámma	τὼ ἅμματε tṑ hámmate	τᾰ̀ ἅμματᾰ tà hámmata
Vocative	ἅμμα hámma	ἅμματε hámmate	ἅμματᾰ hámmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ ἅμμα; τοῦ ἅμματος (Attic)

References

• “ἅμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἅμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἅμμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)