στιγμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στίζω (stízō) + -μή (-mḗ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στῐγμή • (stigmḗ) f (genitive στῐγμῆς); first declension

  1. spot
  2. moment of time, instant

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: στιγμή (stigmí)

References

  • στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • στιγμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • στιγμή 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.
    • dot idem, page 247.
    • jot idem, page 464.
  • 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

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek στιγμή (stigmḗ, point).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stiɣˈmi/
  • Hyphenation: στιγ‧μή

Noun

στιγμή • (stigmí) f (plural στιγμές)

  1. (time) moment, instant, jiffy
    περιμένετε μια στιγμήperiménete mia stigmíwait a moment
  2. (typography) point (unit)
  3. (typography, linguistics) full stop

Declension

  • μονοστιγμίς (monostigmís, instantaneously, in one moment)
  • στιγμιαίος (stigmiaíos, instantaneous)
  • στιγμιότυπο n (stigmiótypo, still, snapshot)
  • στιγμόμετρο n (stigmómetro, points ruler, typographic ruler)
  • υποστιγμή f (ypostigmí, comma)
  • στίγμα n (stígma, stigma, mark)
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