κροῦμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κροῦσμα (kroûsma)
Etymology
From κρούω (kroúō, “I beat, I strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krôː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkru.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkru.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkru.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkru.ma/
Noun
κροῦμα • (kroûma) n (genitive κροῦμᾰτος); third declension
- A beat, a stroke
- A sound produced by stiking stringed instruments, a note
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ κροῦμᾰ; τοῦ κρούμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûma | τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmate | τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tà kroúmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κρούμᾰτος toû kroúmatos | τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumátoin | τῶν κρουμᾰ́των tôn kroumátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κρούμᾰτῐ tôi kroúmati | τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumátoin | τοῖς κρούμᾰσῐ / κρούμᾰσῐν toîs kroúmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûma | τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmate | τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tà kroúmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | κροῦμᾰ kroûma | κρούμᾰτε kroúmate | κρούμᾰτᾰ kroúmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- κροῦμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κροῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette