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Stemma
‖
Stem′ma
,Noun.
pl.
Stemmata
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], pl. [GREEK], a garland or chaplet.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the ocelli of an insect. See
Ocellus
. (b)
One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Definition 2025
stemma
stemma
English
Noun
stemma (plural stemmata or stemmas)
- A family tree or recorded genealogy
- In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts
- One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods
Related terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstemːɑ/
- Hyphenation: stem‧ma
- Rhymes: -emːɑ
Noun
stemma
- (music) part, voice; harmony (melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece)
- laulaa stemmoja
- to sing harmonies
- laulaa stemmoja
Declension
| Inflection of stemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | stemma | stemmat | |
| genitive | stemman | stemmojen | |
| partitive | stemmaa | stemmoja | |
| illative | stemmaan | stemmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | stemma | stemmat | |
| accusative | nom. | stemma | stemmat |
| gen. | stemman | ||
| genitive | stemman | stemmojen stemmainrare |
|
| partitive | stemmaa | stemmoja | |
| inessive | stemmassa | stemmoissa | |
| elative | stemmasta | stemmoista | |
| illative | stemmaan | stemmoihin | |
| adessive | stemmalla | stemmoilla | |
| ablative | stemmalta | stemmoilta | |
| allative | stemmalle | stemmoille | |
| essive | stemmana | stemmoina | |
| translative | stemmaksi | stemmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | stemmoin | |
| abessive | stemmatta | stemmoitta | |
| comitative | — | stemmoineen | |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɛmːa/
- Rhymes: -ɛmːa
Verb
stemma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stemmdi, supine stemmt)
- to stop
- to fit, to agree with, to accede, to correspond to, to coincide
- (music, of an instrument) to tune
Conjugation
stemma — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að stemma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
stemmt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
stemmandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég stemmi | við stemmum | present (nútíð) |
ég stemmi | við stemmum |
| þú stemmir | þið stemmið | þú stemmir | þið stemmið | ||
| hann, hún, það stemmir | þeir, þær, þau stemma | hann, hún, það stemmi | þeir, þær, þau stemmi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég stemmdi | við stemmdum | past (þátíð) |
ég stemmdi | við stemmdum |
| þú stemmdir | þið stemmduð | þú stemmdir | þið stemmduð | ||
| hann, hún, það stemmdi | þeir, þær, þau stemmdu | hann, hún, það stemmdi | þeir, þær, þau stemmdu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
stemm (þú) | stemmið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stemmdu | stemmiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
stemmdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stemmdur | stemmd | stemmt | stemmdir | stemmdar | stemmd | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stemmdan | stemmda | stemmt | stemmda | stemmdar | stemmd | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stemmdum | stemmdri | stemmdu | stemmdum | stemmdum | stemmdum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stemmds | stemmdrar | stemmds | stemmdra | stemmdra | stemmdra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stemmdi | stemmda | stemmda | stemmdu | stemmdu | stemmdu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stemmda | stemmdu | stemmda | stemmdu | stemmdu | stemmdu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stemmda | stemmdu | stemmda | stemmdu | stemmdu | stemmdu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stemmda | stemmdu | stemmda | stemmdu | stemmdu | stemmdu | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- stemma stigu við
- stemmdur
Italian
Etymology
From Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: stèm‧ma
Noun
stemma m (plural stemmi)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstem.ma/, [ˈstɛm.ma]
Noun
stemma n (genitive stemmatis); third declension
- (post-classical, in general) a garland or wreath
- (post-Augustan, in particular) a garland hung upon an ancestral image
- (transferred sense) a pedigree, geneagram, or family tree
- (figuratively) nobility, honoured pedigree, august lineage
- (Medieval Latin) a crown
- (Medieval Latin) wergeld
- (Medieval Latin) a kinsman, a blood-relative
- (transferred sense) a pedigree, geneagram, or family tree
Declension
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stemma | stemmata |
| genitive | stemmatis | stemmatum |
| dative | stemmatī | stemmatibus |
| accusative | stemma | stemmata |
| ablative | stemmate | stemmatibus |
| vocative | stemma | stemmata |
Descendants
References
- stemma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stemma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,476/3.
- “stemma” on page 1,817/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “stemma” on page 991/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)