στάθμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”), the same root of σταθμός (stathmós, “stall, pen”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

στᾰ́θμη • (státhmē) f (genitive στᾰ́θμης); first declension

  1. carpenter's line or rule
    Synonym: ἀλφάδιον (alphádion)
  2. plummet or plumb line
  3. line which bounds the racecourse, goal
  4. (figuratively) law, rule

Inflection
First declension of ἡ στᾰ́θμη; τῆς στᾰ́θμης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στᾰ́θμη
hē státhmē		 τὼ στᾰ́θμᾱ
tṑ státhmā		 αἱ στᾰ́θμαι
hai státhmai
Genitive τῆς στᾰ́θμης
tês státhmēs		 τοῖν στᾰ́θμαιν
toîn státhmain		 τῶν στᾰθμῶν
tôn stathmôn
Dative τῇ στᾰ́θμῃ
têi státhmēi		 τοῖν στᾰ́θμαιν
toîn státhmain		 ταῖς στᾰ́θμαις
taîs státhmais
Accusative τὴν στᾰ́θμην
tḕn státhmēn		 τὼ στᾰ́θμᾱ
tṑ státhmā		 τᾱ̀ς στᾰ́θμᾱς
tā̀s státhmās
Vocative στᾰ́θμη
státhmē		 στᾰ́θμᾱ
státhmā		 στᾰ́θμαι
státhmai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: στάθμη (státhmi)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

στάθμη • (státhmi) f (uncountable)

  1. level
    η στάθμη της θάλασσας ― i státhmi tis thálassas ― the level of the sea
  2. (figuratively) level (of education, sophistication etc)

Declension
  στάθμη
case     \     number singular
nominative στάθμη •
genitive στάθμης •
accusative στάθμη •
vocative στάθμη •

See also
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