Ancient Greek

Noun

μάθημα • ‎(máthēma) n ‎(genitive μαθήματος); third declension

1. something that is learned: a lesson
2. learning, knowledge
3. (often in the plural) the mathematical sciences in particular: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, harmonic
4. astrology
5. a creed

Inflection

Derived terms

• μαθηματικός ‎(mathēmatikós)

References

• μάθημα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάθημα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «μάθημα» 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.
  • knowledge idem, page 472.
  • learning idem, page 483.
  • lesson idem, page 485.
  • science idem, page 739.
  • study idem, page 829.

Greek

Etymology

μαθαίνω ‎(mathaíno, “to learn”) +‎ -μα ‎(-ma)

Noun

μάθημα • ‎(máthima) n ‎(plural μαθήματα)

1. lesson (a period set aside for tuition)
2. subject (an area of knowledge to be taught)
3. lesson, experience (knowledge gained from an incident in life)

Declension

Related terms

see: μαθαίνω ‎(mathaíno, “to learn”)