μάθημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “I learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.tʰɛː.ma/ → /ˈma.θi.ma/ → /ˈma.θi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.tʰɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.ma/

Noun

μάθημα • (máthēma) n (genitive μαθήματος); third declension

1. something that is learned: a lesson
2. learning, knowledge
3. (often in the plural) the mathematical sciences in particular, the quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and astrology, harmonics
4. a creed

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ μάθημᾰ; τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ μαθήμᾰτος toû mathḗmatos	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin	τῶν μαθημᾰ́των tôn mathēmátōn
Dative	τῷ μαθήμᾰτῐ tôi mathḗmati	τοῖν μαθημᾰ́τοιν toîn mathēmátoin	τοῖς μαθήμᾰσῐ / μαθήμᾰσῐν toîs mathḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ μάθημᾰ tò máthēma	τὼ μαθήμᾰτε tṑ mathḗmate	τᾰ̀ μαθήμᾰτᾰ tà mathḗmata
Vocative	μάθημᾰ máthēma	μαθήμᾰτε mathḗmate	μαθήμᾰτᾰ mathḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós)

References

• “μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάθημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μάθημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • knowledge idem, page 472.
  • learning idem, page 483.
  • lesson idem, page 485.
  • science idem, page 739.
  • study idem, page 829.

Greek

Etymology

μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Noun

μάθημα • (máthima) n (plural μαθήματα)

1. lesson (a period set aside for tuition)
2. subject (an area of knowledge to be taught)
3. lesson, experience

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μάθημα (máthima)	μαθήματα (mathímata)
genitive	μαθήματος (mathímatos)	μαθημάτων (mathimáton)
accusative	μάθημα (máthima)	μαθήματα (mathímata)
vocative	μάθημα (máthima)	μαθήματα (mathímata)

Related terms

see: μαθαίνω (mathaíno, “to learn”)