Στρυμών

Στρυμών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Thracian *strúma, *strūmōn (“stream, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stryː.mɔ̌ːn/ → /stryˈmon/ → /striˈmon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stryː.mɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stryˈmon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stryˈmon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stryˈmon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /striˈmon/

Proper noun

Στρῡμών • (Strūmṓn) m (genitive Στρῡμόνος); third declension

1. the river Strymon; the river Struma

   Synonym: Πᾰλαιστῖνος (Palaistînos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Στρῡμών; τοῦ Στρῡμόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Στρῡμών ho Strūmṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Στρῡμόνος toû Strūmónos
Dative	τῷ Στρῡμόνῐ tôi Strūmóni
Accusative	τὸν Στρῡμόνᾰ tòn Strūmóna
Vocative	Στρῡμών Strūmṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Στρῡμονῐ́ᾱς (Strūmoníās)
• Στρῡμονῐκός (Strūmonikós)
• Στρῡμόνῐος (Strūmónios)
• Στρῡμονῐ́ς (Strūmonís)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Струма (Struma)
• Greek: Στρυμών (Strymón)
• Latin: Strȳmōn

References

1. Katičic', Radislav. Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One. Paris: Mouton, 1976: 144.
2. Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎ (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 84

Further reading

• “Στρυμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Στρυμών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette