δίλημμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δίς (dís, “twice”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, assumption”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.lɛ̂ːm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈlem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈlim.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈlim.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈli.ma/
Noun
δῐλῆμμᾰ • (dilêmma) n (genitive δῐλήμμᾰτος); third declension
- a conclusion from two premises
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ δῐλῆμμᾰ tò dilêmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐλήμμᾰτος toû dilḗmmatos |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τῶν δῐλημμᾰ́των tôn dilēmmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐλήμμᾰτῐ tôi dilḗmmati |
τοῖν δῐλημμᾰ́τοιν toîn dilēmmátoin |
τοῖς δῐλήμμᾰσῐ(ν) toîs dilḗmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ δῐλῆμμᾰ tò dilêmma |
τὼ δῐλήμμᾰτε tṑ dilḗmmate |
τᾰ̀ δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ tà dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐλῆμμᾰ dilêmma |
δῐλήμμᾰτε dilḗmmate |
δῐλήμμᾰτᾰ dilḗmmata | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- δίλημμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δίλημμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίλημμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- dilemma in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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