ῥεῦμα

See also: ρεύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow”) (the root of ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)), and -μα (-ma)). Compare the related Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, whence also Old English stream. See also ῥυθμός (rhuthmós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥êu̯.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈrew.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈreβ.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈrev.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈrev.ma/

Noun

ῥεῦμᾰ • (rheûma) n (genitive ῥεύμᾰτος); third declension

stream, flow, current

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ; τοῦ ῥεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ tò rheûma	τὼ ῥεύμᾰτε tṑ rheúmate	τᾰ̀ ῥεύμᾰτᾰ tà rheúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥεύμᾰτος toû rheúmatos	τοῖν ῥευμᾰ́τοιν toîn rheumátoin	τῶν ῥευμᾰ́των tôn rheumátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥεύμᾰτῐ tôi rheúmati	τοῖν ῥευμᾰ́τοιν toîn rheumátoin	τοῖς ῥεύμᾰσῐ / ῥεύμᾰσῐν toîs rheúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ tò rheûma	τὼ ῥεύμᾰτε tṑ rheúmate	τᾰ̀ ῥεύμᾰτᾰ tà rheúmata
Vocative	ῥεῦμᾰ rheûma	ῥεύμᾰτε rheúmate	ῥεύμᾰτᾰ rheúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥευμᾰτῐκός (rheumatikós)
ῥευμᾰτῐσμός (rheumatismós)

Descendants

Greek: ρέμα (réma) , ρεύμα (révma)
→ Latin: rheuma (see there for further descendants)