κύημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυέω (kuéō, “to be pregnant”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.ɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.e̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.i.ma/
Noun
κῠ́ημᾰ • (kúēma) n (genitive κῠήμᾰτος); third declension
- That which is conceived, embryo, foetus
- (botany) That which is swollen as the result of growth, a sprout
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ κύημᾰ; τοῦ κυήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēma | τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmate | τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tà kuḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κυήμᾰτος toû kuḗmatos | τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmátoin | τῶν κυημᾰ́των tôn kuēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κυήμᾰτῐ tôi kuḗmati | τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmátoin | τοῖς κυήμᾰσῐ / κυήμᾰσῐν toîs kuḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēma | τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmate | τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tà kuḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | κύημᾰ kúēma | κυήμᾰτε kuḗmate | κυήμᾰτᾰ kuḗmata | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἀποκύημα n (apokúēma, “foetus”) (Koine, figuratively)
- ἐπικύημα n (epikúēma, “superfetation”)
- κύησις f (kúēsis, “conception”)
- and see κυέω, κυῶ (kuéō, kuô)
Further reading
- “κύημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κύημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύημα.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈci.i.ma/
- Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧μα
Noun
κύημα • (kýima) n (plural κυήματα)
- (medicine) the foetus, embryon
Declension
declension of κύημα
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κύημα • | κυήματα • |
genitive | κυήματος • | κυημάτων • |
accusative | κύημα • | κυήματα • |
vocative | κύημα • | κυήματα • |
Related terms
- αποκύημα n (apokýima, “product, fabrication”)
- επικύηση f (epikýisi) (medicine)
- κύηση f (kýisi, “pregnancy (for humans)”)