σήκωμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōma) — Doric

Etymology

From σηκόω (sēkóō, “to weigh, to balance”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, fence”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.kɔː.ma/ → /ˈsi.ko.ma/ → /ˈsi.ko.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.kɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝.ko.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ko.ma/

Noun

σήκωμᾰ • (sḗkōma) n (genitive σηκώμᾰτος); third declension

1. weight in the balance, counterpoise, counterweight
2. makeweight
3. standard measure of wine
4. return, recompense

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σήκωμᾰ; τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōma	τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmate	τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tà sēkṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ σηκώμᾰτος toû sēkṓmatos	τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmátoin	τῶν σηκωμᾰ́των tôn sēkōmátōn
Dative	τῷ σηκώμᾰτῐ tôi sēkṓmati	τοῖν σηκωμᾰ́τοιν toîn sēkōmátoin	τοῖς σηκώμᾰσῐ / σηκώμᾰσῐν toîs sēkṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ σήκωμᾰ tò sḗkōma	τὼ σηκώμᾰτε tṑ sēkṓmate	τᾰ̀ σηκώμᾰτᾰ tà sēkṓmata
Vocative	σήκωμᾰ sḗkōma	σηκώμᾰτε sēkṓmate	σηκώμᾰτᾰ sēkṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: sācōma
  • → Italian: sagoma
• → Classical Syriac: ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā)
  • → Arabic: سَقُوم (saqūm)

Further reading

• “σήκωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σήκωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σήκωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette