κάθισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καθίζω (kathízō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.tʰiz.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tʰiz.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θiz.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θiz.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.θiz.ma/

Noun

κάθισμᾰ • (káthismă) n (genitive κᾰθίσμᾰτος); third declension (Koine)

(in the plural) buttocks, sit-upon
seat
base
sinking, settling down (of a wall)
sediment

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́θῐσμᾰ; τοῦ κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́θῐσμᾰ tò kắthĭsmă	τᾰ̀ κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ kăthĭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτος toû kăthĭ́smătos	τῶν κᾰθῐσμᾰ́των tôn kăthĭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτῐ tōî kăthĭ́smătĭ	τοῖς κᾰθῐ́σμᾰσῐ / κᾰθῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs kăthĭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́θῐσμᾰ tò kắthĭsmă	τᾰ̀ κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ kăthĭ́smătă
Vocative	κᾰ́θῐσμᾰ kắthĭsmă	κᾰθῐ́σμᾰτᾰ kăthĭ́smătă

Descendants

Greek: κάθισμα (káthisma)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܘܬܒ݂ܵܐ (mawtḇā) (calque)
→ English: kathisma
→ Russian: кафи́зма (kafízma)
→ Classical Syriac: ܡܘܬܒܐ (mawtəḇā) (calque)
→ Ukrainian: кафи́зма (kafýzma)

Further reading

κάθισμα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“κάθισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κάθισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Pape, Wilhelm (1914), “κάθισμα”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Hellenistic Koine Greek κάθισμα (káthisma), from Ancient Greek καθίζω (kathízō) + -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.θi.zma/
Hyphenation: κά‧θι‧σμα

Noun

κάθισμα • (káthisma) n (plural καθίσματα)

a seat
sitting down

Declension

Declension of **κάθισμα**
	singular	plural
nominative	κάθισμα (káthisma)	καθίσματα (kathísmata)
genitive	καθίσματος (kathísmatos)	καθισμάτων (kathismáton)
accusative	κάθισμα (káthisma)	καθίσματα (kathísmata)
vocative	κάθισμα (káthisma)	καθίσματα (kathísmata)

Related terms

καθισμένος (kathisménos, “seated”, participle)
κατακάθισμα n (katakáthisma, “sediment”)

and see: καθίζω (kathízo, “I make to sit down”)

See also

καρέκλα f (karékla, “chair”)
έδρα f (édra, “seat; platform”) (formal)

Further reading

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