"δεῖμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δεῖμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dêː.ma/, /ˈði.ma/, /ˈði.ma/, /dêː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdi.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈði.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈði.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈði.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From δείδω (deídō) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dwey-}}, {{af|grc|δείδω|-μα}} δείδω (deídō) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|δεῖμα|δεῖματος|n|third}} δεῖμα • (deîma) n (genitive δεῖματος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|δεῖμα|δεῖματος}} Forms: deîma [romanization], δεῖματος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ δεῖμᾰ [nominative, singular], δείμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ δείμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ δείμᾰτος [genitive, singular], δειμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], δειμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ δείμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], δειμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς δείμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], δείμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs deímăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs deímăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ δεῖμᾰ [accusative, singular], δείμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ δείμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], δεῖμᾰ [singular, vocative], δείμᾰτε [dual, vocative], δείμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. (as an emotion) fear, terror, horror, fright
    Sense id: en-δεῖμα-grc-noun-TQxYf-NM Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions, Fear Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Emotions: 61 39 Disambiguation of Fear: 73 27
  2. (as the object of fear) terror, horror
    Sense id: en-δεῖμα-grc-noun-8CU83dWm Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 53 47 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: δειμάζω (deimázō), δειμαίνω (deimaínō), δειμαλέος (deimaléos), δειμαλέτα (deimaléta), δειματηρός (deimatērós), δειματίας (deimatías), δειματόεις (deimatóeis), δειματοποιός (deimatopoiós), δειματοσταγής (deimatostagḗs), δειματόω (deimatóō), δειμάτωσις (deimátōsis)
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  "word": "δεῖμα"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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