σχέμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Alternative, perhaps erroneous, reading of σχῆμᾰ (skhêmă), but supported by Latin schĕma.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /skʰé.ma/ → /ˈsçe.ma/ → /ˈsçe.ma/

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

Noun

σχέμᾰ • (skhémă) n (genitive σχεμᾰ́τος); third declension

1. Alternative form of σχῆμᾰ (skhêmă)
   • Theognost., Can. 12

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σχέμᾰ tò skhémă	τὼ σχέμᾰτε tṑ skhémăte	τᾰ̀ σχέμᾰτᾰ tằ skhémătă
Genitive	τοῦ σχέμᾰτος toû skhémătos	τοῖν σχεμᾰ́τοιν toîn skhemắtoin	τῶν σχεμᾰ́των tôn skhemắtōn
Dative	τῷ σχέμᾰτῐ tôi skhémătĭ	τοῖν σχεμᾰ́τοιν toîn skhemắtoin	τοῖς σχέμᾰσῐ / σχέμᾰσῐν toîs skhémăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σχέμᾰ tò skhémă	τὼ σχέμᾰτε tṑ skhémăte	τᾰ̀ σχέμᾰτᾰ tằ skhémătă
Vocative	σχέμᾰ skhémă	σχέμᾰτε skhémăte	σχέμᾰτᾰ skhémătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ σχέμᾰ; τοῦ σχέμᾰτος (Attic)

References

• “σχέμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press