πλύμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλῠ́σμᾰ (plúsma)
Etymology
From πλῠ́νω (plúnō, “to wash, clean”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plý.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpli.ma/
Noun
πλῠ́μᾰ • (plúma) n (genitive πλῠ́μᾰτος); third declension
- water in which something has been washed
- washings, scum, residue of cinnabar
- (figurative) low prostitute
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plúma | τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plúmate | τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà plúmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος toû plúmatos | τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plumátoin | τῶν πλῠμᾰ́των tôn plumátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πλῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi plúmati | πλῠμᾰ́τοιν plumátoin | τοῖς πλῠ́μᾰσῐ / πλῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs plúmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plúma | πλῠ́μᾰτε plúmate | τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà plúmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλῠ́μᾰ plúma | πλῠ́μᾰτε plúmate | πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ plúmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πλύμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette