"νῆμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nɛ̂ː.ma/, /ˈni.ma/, /ˈni.ma/, /nɛ̂ː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈne̝.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈni.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈni.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈni.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From νέω (néō, “to spin”) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|νέω|-μα|t1=to spin}} νέω (néō, “to spin”) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νήμᾰτος|n|third|head=νῆμᾰ}} νῆμᾰ • (nêma) n (genitive νήμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῆμᾰ|νήμᾰτος}} Forms: νῆμᾰ [canonical], nêma [romanization], νήμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ νῆμᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ νήμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ νήμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ νήμᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν νημᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νημᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ νήμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν νημᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς νήμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], νήμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs nḗmasi [dative, plural], toîs nḗmasin [dative, plural], τὸ νῆμᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ νήμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ νήμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], νῆμᾰ [singular, vocative], νήμᾰτε [dual, vocative], νήμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. That which is spun: thread, yarn
    Sense id: en-νῆμα-grc-noun-qJQpa~RG
  2. silk
    Sense id: en-νῆμα-grc-noun-8sgZtnkN
  3. strand of a spider's web
    Sense id: en-νῆμα-grc-noun-L1upG-CO Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 11 72 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 20 25 56 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 18 14 69

Inflected forms

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