ἔγχυμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐγχέω (enkhéō, “to pour in”) + -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix), from ἐν (en, “in, into”) + χέω (khéō, “to pour”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /éŋ.kʰy.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeŋ.kʰy.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈeɲ.çi.ma/
Noun
ἔγχῠμᾰ • (énkhuma) n (genitive ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος); third declension
- Instillation.
- (anatomy) Filling or content of a vessel.
- Synonym of ἔγχῠτος (énkhutos).
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhuma | τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhúmate | τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà enkhúmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος toû enkhúmatos | τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhumátoin | τῶν ἐγχῠμᾰ́των tôn enkhumátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi enkhúmati | τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhumátoin | τοῖς ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐ / ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs enkhúmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhuma | τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhúmate | τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà enkhúmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔγχῠμᾰ énkhuma | ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε enkhúmate | ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ enkhúmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ (parénkhuma)
Descendants
- → English: enchyma
- → English: -enchyma
- ⇒ English: mesenchyme
References
- “ἔγχυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press