μάγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ǵyéti

Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Ancient Greek -μα (-ma)

Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma)

From μάσσω (mássō, “I knead”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /máŋ.ma/ → /ˈmaɣ.ma/ → /ˈmaɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /máŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ma/

Noun

μάγμᾰ • (mágma) n (genitive μάγμᾰτος); third declension

1. A kind of thick unguent

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μᾰ́γμᾰ; τοῦ μᾰ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰ́γμᾰ tò mágma	τὼ μᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ mágmate	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà mágmata
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰ́γμᾰτος toû mágmatos	τοῖν μᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn magmátoin	τῶν μᾰγμᾰ́των tôn magmátōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰ́γμᾰτῐ tôi mágmati	τοῖν μᾰγμᾰ́τοιν toîn magmátoin	τοῖς μᾰ́γμᾰσῐ / μᾰ́γμᾰσῐν toîs mágmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μᾰ́γμᾰ tò mágma	τὼ μᾰ́γμᾰτε tṑ mágmate	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ tà mágmata
Vocative	μᾰ́γμᾰ mágma	μᾰ́γμᾰτε mágmate	μᾰ́γμᾰτᾰ mágmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: magma

Further reading

• “μάγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

μάγμα • (mágma) n (plural μάγματα)

1. (geology) magma

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μάγμα (mágma)	μάγματα (mágmata)
genitive	μάγματος (mágmatos)	μαγμάτων (magmáton)
accusative	μάγμα (mágma)	μάγματα (mágmata)
vocative	μάγμα (mágma)	μάγματα (mágmata)

Further reading

• μάγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el