ἅλμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to jump, to leap”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἅλμᾰ • (hálma) n (genitive ἅλμᾰτος); third declension

  1. spring, leap, jump
  2. jumping, as an athletic contest
  3. (medicine) pulsation, palpitation (of the embryo or of the heart)

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ
tò hálma		 τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε
tṑ hálmate		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ
tà hálmata
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτος
toû hálmatos		 τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν
toîn halmátoin		 τῶν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́των
tôn halmátōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτῐ
tôi hálmati		 τοῖν ᾰ̔λμᾰ́τοιν
toîn halmátoin		 τοῖς ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̔́λμᾰσῐν
toîs hálmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̔́λμᾰ
tò hálma		 τὼ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε
tṑ hálmate		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ
tà hálmata
Vocative ᾰ̔́λμᾰ
hálma		 ᾰ̔́λμᾰτε
hálmate		 ᾰ̔́λμᾰτᾰ
hálmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Greek: άλμα (álma)

Further reading
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