θρέμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed, to maintain”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrém.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰrem.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθrem.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθrem.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθre.ma/
Noun
θρέμμᾰ • (thrémma) n (genitive θρέμμᾰτος); third declension
- nursling, creature
- homeborn slave (translates Latin verna)
Declension
Third declension of τὸ θρέμμᾰ; τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémma | τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmate | τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tà thrémmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος toû thrémmatos | τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmátoin | τῶν θρεμμᾰ́των tôn thremmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θρέμμᾰτῐ tôi thrémmati | τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmátoin | τοῖς θρέμμᾰσῐ / θρέμμᾰσῐν toîs thrémmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémma | τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmate | τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tà thrémmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | θρέμμᾰ thrémma | θρέμμᾰτε thrémmate | θρέμμᾰτᾰ thrémmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θρέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θρέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette