διάδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαδέω (diadéō, “to bind round”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῐᾰ́δημᾰ • (diádēma) n (genitive δῐᾰδήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. headband
  2. diadem (especially that of the Persian kings), crown

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ; τοῦ δῐᾰδήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
tò diádēma		 τὼ δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
tṑ diadḗmate		 τᾰ̀ δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
tà diadḗmata
Genitive τοῦ δῐᾰδήμᾰτος
toû diadḗmatos		 τοῖν δῐᾰδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn diadēmátoin		 τῶν δῐᾰδημᾰ́των
tôn diadēmátōn
Dative τῷ δῐᾰδήμᾰτῐ
tôi diadḗmati		 τοῖν δῐᾰδημᾰ́τοιν
toîn diadēmátoin		 τοῖς δῐᾰδήμᾰσῐ / δῐᾰδήμᾰσῐν
toîs diadḗmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
tò diádēma		 τὼ δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
tṑ diadḗmate		 τᾰ̀ δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
tà diadḗmata
Vocative δῐᾰ́δημᾰ
diádēma		 δῐᾰδήμᾰτε
diadḗmate		 δῐᾰδήμᾰτᾰ
diadḗmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Parthian: 𐭃𐭉𐭃𐭉𐭌‎ (dīδēm, dīdēm)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭣𐭩𐭬𐭩‎ (dīyēm, dīdēm)
  • Latin: diadēma

Further reading
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