στίγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek root στιγ- (stig-) (from the same root of στίζω (stízō, “I mark”)), and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stíŋ.ma/ → /ˈstiɣ.ma/ → /ˈstiɣ.ma/

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

Noun

στῐ́γμᾰ • (stĭ́gmă) n (genitive στῐ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. A mark from a pointed instrument, often as a sign of ownership: mark, brand, tattoo
2. Any mark or spot
3. (colour): gold

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ; τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stĭ́gmă	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ stĭ́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ στῐ́γμᾰτος toû stĭ́gmătos	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stĭgmắtoin	τῶν στῐγμᾰ́των tôn stĭgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ στῐ́γμᾰτῐ tōî stĭ́gmătĭ	τοῖν στῐγμᾰ́τοιν toîn stĭgmắtoin	τοῖς στῐ́γμᾰσῐ / στῐ́γμᾰσῐν toîs stĭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ στῐ́γμᾰ tò stĭ́gmă	τὼ στῐ́γμᾰτε tṑ stĭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ stĭ́gmătă
Vocative	στῐ́γμᾰ stĭ́gmă	στῐ́γμᾰτε stĭ́gmăte	στῐ́γμᾰτᾰ stĭ́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στίγμα (stígma), στιγμή (stigmí) (stigmí, “moment”)
• → Latin: stigma
  • → Catalan: estigma
  • → French: stigma, stigmate
    • → English: stigma, stigmat, stigme
  • → Italian: stigma, stimma
  • → Portuguese: estigma
  • → Spanish: estigma
  • → German: Stigma
• → Esperanto: stigmo
• ⇒ Translingual: Stigmella

Further reading

• “στίγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στίγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G4742 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma).

Noun

στίγμα • (stígma) n (plural στίγματα)

1. stigma (mark of infamy)
2. disgrace
3. scar, birthmark

   Synonym: σημάδι (simádi)

4. stigma (Ϛ and ϛ: a ligature of the Greek letters lunate sigma and tau)

Declension

Declension of στίγμα

	singular	plural
nominative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)
genitive	στίγματος (stígmatos)	στιγμάτων (stigmáton)
accusative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)
vocative	στίγμα (stígma)	στίγματα (stígmata)

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek alphabet

Related terms

• αστιγμάτιστος (astigmátistos, “unstigmatised”, adjective)
• στιγματίζω (stigmatízo, “to stigmatise, to disgrace”)
• στιγματισμός m (stigmatismós, “stigmatisation”)

Further reading

• στίγμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el