ἴκμη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from ἰκμάς (ikmás, “moisture”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ík.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈik.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈik.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈik.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈik.mi/
Noun
ἴκμη • (íkmē) f (genitive ἴκμης); first declension
- common duckweed (Lemna minor)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἴκμη; τῆς ἴκμης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἴκμη hē íkmē | τὼ ἴκμᾱ tṑ íkmā | αἱ ἴκμαι hai íkmai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἴκμης tês íkmēs | τοῖν ἴκμαιν toîn íkmain | τῶν ἰκμῶν tôn ikmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἴκμῃ têi íkmēi | τοῖν ἴκμαιν toîn íkmain | ταῖς ἴκμαις taîs íkmais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἴκμην tḕn íkmēn | τὼ ἴκμᾱ tṑ íkmā | τᾱ̀ς ἴκμᾱς tā̀s íkmās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἴκμη íkmē | ἴκμᾱ íkmā | ἴκμαι íkmai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἴκμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴκμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette