στιγμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στίζω (stízō, “to brand”) +‎ -μή (-mḗ).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stiŋ.mɛ̌ː/ → /stiɣˈmi/ → /stiɣˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stiŋ.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stiɡˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stiɣˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stiɣˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiɣˈmi/

Noun

στῐγμή • (stigmḗ) f (genitive στῐγμῆς); first declension

1. spot
2. moment of time, instant

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στῐγμή hē stigmḗ	τὼ στῐγμᾱ́ tṑ stigmā́	αἱ στῐγμαί hai stigmaí
Genitive	τῆς στῐγμῆς tês stigmês	τοῖν στῐγμαῖν toîn stigmaîn	τῶν στῐγμῶν tôn stigmôn
Dative	τῇ στῐγμῇ têi stigmêi	τοῖν στῐγμαῖν toîn stigmaîn	ταῖς στῐγμαῖς taîs stigmaîs
Accusative	τὴν στῐγμήν tḕn stigmḗn	τὼ στῐγμᾱ́ tṑ stigmā́	τᾱ̀ς στῐγμᾱ́ς tā̀s stigmā́s
Vocative	στῐγμή stigmḗ	στῐγμᾱ́ stigmā́	στῐγμαί stigmaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ στῐγμή; τῆς στῐγμῆς (Attic)

Related terms

• στίγμα (stígma)

Descendants

• Greek: στιγμή (stigmí)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στίζω (> DER στίγ-μα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1405-6

Further reading

• “στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στιγμή 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.
  • dot idem, page 247.
  • jot idem, page 464.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στιγμή (stigmḗ, “point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stiɣˈmi/
• Hyphenation: στιγ‧μή

Noun

στιγμή • (stigmí) f (plural στιγμές)

1. (time) moment, instant, jiffy

   περιμένετε μια στιγμή ― periménete mia stigmí ― wait a moment

2. (typography) point (unit)
3. (typography, linguistics) full stop

Declension

Declension of στιγμή

	singular	plural
nominative	στιγμή (stigmí)	στιγμές (stigmés)
genitive	στιγμής (stigmís)	στιγμών (stigmón)
accusative	στιγμή (stigmí)	στιγμές (stigmés)
vocative	στιγμή (stigmí)	στιγμές (stigmés)

Related terms

• μονοστιγμίς (monostigmís, “instantaneously, in one moment”)
• στιγμιαίος (stigmiaíos, “instantaneous”)
• στιγμιότυπο n (stigmiótypo, “still, snapshot”)
• στιγμόμετρο n (stigmómetro, “points ruler, typographic ruler”)
• υποστιγμή f (ypostigmí, “comma”)
• στίγμα n (stígma, “stigma, mark”)