"ἅλμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἅλμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hál.ma/, /ˈal.ma/, /ˈal.ma/, /hál.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)al.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈal.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈal.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈal.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to jump, to leap”) and the suffix -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|-μα}} -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἅλμᾰτος|n|third|head=ἅλμᾰ}} ἅλμᾰ • (hálmă) n (genitive ἅλμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἅλμᾰ|ἅλμᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: ἅλμᾰ [canonical], hálmă [romanization], ἅλμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs hắlmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs hắlmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], ᾰ̔́λμᾰ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε [dual, vocative], ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. spring, leap, jump Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-ἅλμα-grc-noun-QET4-oWP Disambiguation of Sports: 63 31 7 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 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 28 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 27 22
  2. jumping, as an athletic contest
    Sense id: en-ἅλμα-grc-noun-RqL4IPbD 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: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 35 42 23
  3. (medicine) pulsation, palpitation (of the embryo or of the heart) Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ἅλμα-grc-noun-eEeB7cuy 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: 36 37 27 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 35 42 23 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πήδημα (pḗdēma)
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    {
      "ipa": "/hál.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)al.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "pḗdēma",
      "word": "πήδημα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἅλμα"
}

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