δόγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δοκέω (dokéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dóŋ.ma/ → /ˈðoɣ.ma/ → /ˈðoɣ.ma/

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

Noun

δόγμᾰ • (dógmă) n (genitive δόγμᾰτος); third declension

1. opinion, belief
2. decision, judgment
   1. decree, edict

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ δόγμᾰ; τοῦ δόγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δόγμᾰ tò dógmă	τὼ δόγμᾰτε tṑ dógmăte	τᾰ̀ δόγμᾰτᾰ tằ dógmătă
Genitive	τοῦ δόγμᾰτος toû dógmătos	τοῖν δογμᾰ́τοιν toîn dogmắtoin	τῶν δογμᾰ́των tôn dogmắtōn
Dative	τῷ δόγμᾰτῐ tōî dógmătĭ	τοῖν δογμᾰ́τοιν toîn dogmắtoin	τοῖς δόγμᾰσῐ / δόγμᾰσῐν toîs dógmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ δόγμᾰ tò dógmă	τὼ δόγμᾰτε tṑ dógmăte	τᾰ̀ δόγμᾰτᾰ tằ dógmătă
Vocative	δόγμᾰ dógmă	δόγμᾰτε dógmăte	δόγμᾰτᾰ dógmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δογματικός (dogmatikós)

Descendants

• → Hebrew: דּוֹגְמָה (dogmá)
• → Latin: dogma
  • → French: dogme
  • → Italian: dogma
  • → Russian: догма (dogma)

Further reading

• “δόγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δόγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δόγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δόγμα 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • decision idem, page 201.
  • decree idem, page 202.
  • doctrine idem, page 245.
  • dogma idem, page 246.
  • propaganda idem, page 653.
  • resolution idem, page 702.
  • teaching idem, page 859.
  • tenet idem, page 862.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈðoɣma/
• Hyphenation: δόγ‧μα
• Older Hyphenation: δό‧γμα

Noun

δόγμα • (dógma) n (plural δόγματα)

1. dogma, doctrine
2. religion, cult
3. (military) strategy

Declension

Declension of δόγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	δόγμα (dógma)	δόγματα (dógmata)
genitive	δόγματος (dógmatos)	δογμάτων (dogmáton)
accusative	δόγμα (dógma)	δόγματα (dógmata)
vocative	δόγμα (dógma)	δόγματα (dógmata)

Derived terms

• αντιδογματικός (antidogmatikós, “undogmatic”, adjective)
• δογματίζω (dogmatízo, “to be dogmatic”)
• δογματικός (dogmatikós, “dogmatic”, adjective)
• δογματισμός m (dogmatismós, “dogmatism”)

Further reading

• δόγμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language