"δίλημμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δίλημμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dí.lɛːm.ma/, /ˈði.lim.ma/, /ˈði.li.ma/, /dí.lɛːm.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdi.le̝m.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈði.lim.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈði.lim.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈði.li.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From δι- (di-, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|grc|δι|λῆμμα|t1=twice|t2=premise, assumption}} δι- (di-, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|δῐ́λημμᾰ|δῐλήμμᾰτος|n|third}} δῐ́λημμᾰ • (dĭ́lēmmă) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|δῐ́λημμᾰ|δῐλήμμᾰτος}} Forms: δῐ́λημμᾰ [canonical], dĭ́lēmmă [romanization], δῐλήμμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ [nominative, singular], δῐλήμμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος [genitive, singular], δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], δῐλημμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ δῐλήμμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς δῐλήμμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], δῐλήμμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs dĭlḗmmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs dĭlḗmmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ δῐ́λημμᾰ [accusative, singular], δῐλήμμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], δῐ́λημμᾰ [singular, vocative], δῐλήμμᾰτε [dual, vocative], δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. a conclusion from two premises
    Sense id: en-δίλημμα-grc-noun-8YMc8UXS Categories (other): Ancient Greek bahuvrihi compounds, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with δι-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 14 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 21 5

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "Latin: dilemma",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈði.lim.ma/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈði.li.ma/"
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      "ipa": "/dí.lɛːm.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdi.le̝m.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈði.lim.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.lim.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈði.li.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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  ],
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