ἔχμα in Ancient Greek

IPA: /ékʰ.ma/, /ˈex.ma/, /ˈex.ma/, /ékʰ.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈekʰ.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈex.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈex.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈex.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”) and the suffix -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|-μα}} -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἔχμᾰτος|n|third|head=ἔχμᾰ}} ἔχμᾰ • (ékhmă) n (genitive ἔχμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔχμᾰ|ἔχμᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: ἔχμᾰ [canonical], ékhmă [romanization], ἔχμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ἔχμᾰ [nominative, singular], ἔχμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ἔχμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἔχμᾰτος [genitive, singular], ἐχμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], ἐχμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ ἔχμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], ἐχμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἔχμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], ἔχμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs ékhmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs ékhmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ἔχμᾰ [accusative, singular], ἔχμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ἔχμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], ἔχμᾰ [singular, vocative], ἔχμᾰτε [dual, vocative], ἔχμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]

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"ἔχμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun