πεῖσμα

See also: πείσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From earlier *πένθ-σμα (*pénth-sma), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”), which Greek may have retained in πάσχω (páskhō, “to undergo, experience”) and πενθερός (pentherós, “father-in-law”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsmă) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

1. (nautical) ship's cable, stern's cable
2. (in general) rope, cable, painter
3. (botany) stalk of the fig

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰtò peîsmă	τὼ πείσμᾰτεtṑ peísmăte	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰtằ peísmătă
genitive	τοῦ πείσμᾰτοςtoû peísmătos	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοινtoîn peismắtoin	τῶν πεισμᾰ́τωνtôn peismắtōn
dative	τῷ πείσμᾰτῐtōî peísmătĭ	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοινtoîn peismắtoin	τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐνtoîs peísmăsĭ(n)
accusative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰtò peîsmă	τὼ πείσμᾰτεtṑ peísmăte	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰtằ peísmătă
vocative	πεῖσμᾰpeîsmă	πείσμᾰτεpeísmăte	πείσμᾰτᾰpeísmătă

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πεισματικός (peismatikós)
• πεισμάτιον (peismátion)
• πεισμάτιος (peismátios)

Etymology 2

From the s-aorist stem of πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/ → /ˈpiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pêːz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ma/

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsmă) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

1. persuasion, confidence

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰtò peîsmă	τὼ πείσμᾰτεtṑ peísmăte	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰtằ peísmătă
genitive	τοῦ πείσμᾰτοςtoû peísmătos	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοινtoîn peismắtoin	τῶν πεισμᾰ́τωνtôn peismắtōn
dative	τῷ πείσμᾰτῐtōî peísmătĭ	τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοινtoîn peismắtoin	τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐνtoîs peísmăsĭ(n)
accusative	τὸ πεῖσμᾰtò peîsmă	τὼ πείσμᾰτεtṑ peísmăte	τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰtằ peísmătă
vocative	πεῖσμᾰpeîsmă	πείσμᾰτεpeísmăte	πείσμᾰτᾰpeísmătă

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πείσμα (peísma)

Further reading

• “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πεῖσμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “πεῖσμα” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πεῖσμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• πεῖσμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011