πεῖσμα

See also: πείσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From earlier *πένθ-σμα (*pénth-sma), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”), which Greek may have retained in πάσχω (páskhō, “to undergo, experience”) and πενθερός (pentherós, “father-in-law”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsma) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

  1. (nautical) ship's cable, stern's cable
  2. (in general) rope, cable, painter
  3. (botany) stalk of the fig
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πεῖσμᾰ
tò peîsma		 τὼ πείσμᾰτε
tṑ peísmate		 τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ
tà peísmata
Genitive τοῦ πείσμᾰτος
toû peísmatos		 τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn peismátoin		 τῶν πεισμᾰ́των
tôn peismátōn
Dative τῷ πείσμᾰτῐ
tôi peísmati		 τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn peismátoin		 τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐν
toîs peísmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ πεῖσμᾰ
tò peîsma		 τὼ πείσμᾰτε
tṑ peísmate		 τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ
tà peísmata
Vocative πεῖσμᾰ
peîsma		 πείσμᾰτε
peísmate		 πείσμᾰτᾰ
peísmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • πεισματικός (peismatikós)
  • πεισμάτιον (peismátion)
  • πεισμάτιος (peismátios)

Etymology 2

From πείθω (peíthō, “to persuade”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πεῖσμᾰ • (peîsma) n (genitive πείσμᾰτος); third declension

  1. persuasion, confidence
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πεῖσμᾰ; τοῦ πείσμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πεῖσμᾰ
tò peîsma		 τὼ πείσμᾰτε
tṑ peísmate		 τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ
tà peísmata
Genitive τοῦ πείσμᾰτος
toû peísmatos		 τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn peismátoin		 τῶν πεισμᾰ́των
tôn peismátōn
Dative τῷ πείσμᾰτῐ
tôi peísmati		 τοῖν πεισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn peismátoin		 τοῖς πείσμᾰσῐ / πείσμᾰσῐν
toîs peísmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ πεῖσμᾰ
tò peîsma		 τὼ πείσμᾰτε
tṑ peísmate		 τᾰ̀ πείσμᾰτᾰ
tà peísmata
Vocative πεῖσμᾰ
peîsma		 πείσμᾰτε
peísmate		 πείσμᾰτᾰ
peísmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Greek: πείσμα (peísma)

Further reading
  • “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πεῖσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “πεῖσμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πεῖσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πεῖσμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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