φέρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰér.ma/ → /ˈɸer.ma/ → /ˈfer.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰér.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰer.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸer.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ma/

Noun

φέρμᾰ • (phérmă) n (genitive φέρμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is borne, fruit of the womb
2. fruit of the earth

Declension

Third declension of τὸ φέρμᾰ; τοῦ φέρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φέρμᾰ tò phérmă	τὼ φέρμᾰτε tṑ phérmăte	τᾰ̀ φέρμᾰτᾰ tằ phérmătă
Genitive	τοῦ φέρμᾰτος toû phérmătos	τοῖν φερμᾰ́τοιν toîn phermắtoin	τῶν φερμᾰ́των tôn phermắtōn
Dative	τῷ φέρμᾰτῐ tôi phérmătĭ	τοῖν φερμᾰ́τοιν toîn phermắtoin	τοῖς φέρμᾰσῐ / φέρμᾰσῐν toîs phérmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ φέρμᾰ tò phérmă	τὼ φέρμᾰτε tṑ phérmăte	τᾰ̀ φέρμᾰτᾰ tằ phérmătă
Vocative	φέρμᾰ phérmă	φέρμᾰτε phérmăte	φέρμᾰτᾰ phérmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φέρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press