νίμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νίζω (nízō, “to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nímm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ma/
Noun
νίμμᾰ • (nímma) n (genitive νίμμᾰτος); third declension
- water for washing
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ; τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nímma | τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nímmate | τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tà nímmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος toû nímmatos | τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nimmátoin | τῶν νῐμμᾰ́των tôn nimmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νῐ́μμᾰτῐ tôi nímmati | τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nimmátoin | τοῖς νῐ́μμᾰσῐ / νῐ́μμᾰσῐν toîs nímmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nímma | τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nímmate | τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tà nímmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | νῐ́μμᾰ nímma | νῐ́μμᾰτε nímmate | νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ nímmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- νίμμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νίμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette