"σῖγμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σῖγμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sîːŋ.ma/, /ˈsiɣ.ma/, /ˈsiɣ.ma/, /sîːŋ.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsiɡ.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsiɣ.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsiɣ.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsiɣ.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Borrowing from Phoenician 𐤔 (š‬ /⁠šīn⁠/) doubtful at best. Name agreed to be from σῐ́ζω (sĭ́zō, “to hiss”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|phn|𐤔‬|ts=šīn}} Phoenician 𐤔 (š‬ /⁠šīn⁠/), {{af|grc|σῐ́ζω|-μᾰ|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to hiss}} σῐ́ζω (sĭ́zō, “to hiss”) + -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῖγμᾰ|σῑ́γμᾰτος|n|third}} σῖγμᾰ • (sîgmă) n (genitive σῑ́γμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῖγμᾰ|σῑ́γματος}} Forms: σῖγμᾰ [canonical], sîgmă [romanization], σῑ́γμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ σῖγμᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σῑγμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ σῑ́γμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σῑ́γμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], σῑ́γμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs sī́gmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs sī́gmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ σῖγμᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], σῖγμᾰ [singular, vocative], σῑ́γμᾰτε [dual, vocative], σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. sigma, the name for the eighteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Synonyms: σῑ́γμᾰ (sī́gmă) Derived forms: ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ (ăntĭ́sīgmă), ᾰ̓́σῑγμος (ắsīgmos), σῑγμᾰτῐ́ζω (sīgmătĭ́zō), σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs), φῐλοσῑ́γμᾰτος (phĭlosī́gmătos) Related terms: ἐπῐ́σῑγμᾰ (epĭ́sīgmă), σῑγμός (sīgmós)
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    }
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        "singular"
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        "vocative"
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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            "Nouns",
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            "Human",
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          "word": "ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ"
        },
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          "roman": "ắsīgmos",
          "word": "ᾰ̓́σῑγμος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sīgmătĭ́zō",
          "word": "σῑγμᾰτῐ́ζω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sīgmoeidḗs",
          "word": "σῑγμοειδής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "phĭlosī́gmătos",
          "word": "φῐλοσῑ́γμᾰτος"
        }
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        "sigma, the name for the eighteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet."
      ],
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          "Σ",
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        ],
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          "σ",
          "σ"
        ],
        [
          "Ancient Greek",
          "Ancient Greek"
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        [
          "alphabet",
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          "roman": "epĭ́sīgmă",
          "word": "ἐπῐ́σῑγμᾰ"
        },
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          "word": "σῑγμός"
        }
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          "roman": "sī́gmă",
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/sîːŋ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sîːŋ.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɡ.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σῖγμα"
}
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      "roman": "ăntĭ́sīgmă",
      "word": "ᾰ̓ντῐ́σῑγμᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ắsīgmos",
      "word": "ᾰ̓́σῑγμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sīgmătĭ́zō",
      "word": "σῑγμᾰτῐ́ζω"
    },
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      "word": "σῑγμοειδής"
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      "text": "→ English: sigma"
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    }
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      "form": "σῖγμᾰ",
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      "form": "sîgmă",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "σῑ́γμᾰτος",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σῖγμᾰ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ sī́gmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σῑ́γμᾰτος",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "toîn sīgmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σῑγμᾰ́των",
      "roman": "tôn sīgmắtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σῑ́γμᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi sī́gmătĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σῑγμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "toîn sīgmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σῑ́γμᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῑ́γμᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sī́gmăsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sī́gmăsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σῖγμᾰ",
      "roman": "tò sîgmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σῑ́γμᾰτε",
      "roman": "tṑ sī́gmăte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ sī́gmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῖγμᾰ",
      "roman": "sîgmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῑ́γμᾰτε",
      "roman": "sī́gmăte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σῑ́γμᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "sī́gmătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "σῖγμᾰ",
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        "3": "n",
        "4": "third"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σῖγμᾰ",
        "2": "σῑ́γματος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "epĭ́sīgmă",
      "word": "ἐπῐ́σῑγμᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sīgmós",
      "word": "σῑγμός"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Phoenician",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for quotations in Ancient Greek",
        "grc:Greek letter names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sigma, the name for the eighteenth letter Σ, σ of the Ancient Greek alphabet."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "sigma",
          "sigma"
        ],
        [
          "Σ",
          "Σ"
        ],
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          "σ"
        ],
        [
          "Ancient Greek",
          "Ancient Greek"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sîːŋ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sîːŋ.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɡ.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiɣ.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sī́gmă",
      "word": "σῑ́γμᾰ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σῖγμα"
}

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  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, σῖγμα/Ancient Greek",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "σῖγμα",
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