ῥόφημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥοφέω (rhophéō, “to sup up”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ó.pʰɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈro.pʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈro.ɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/
Noun
ῥόφημᾰ • (rhóphēma) n (genitive ῥοφήμᾰτος); third declension
- That which is supped up
- A thick gruel, a porridge
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ῥόφημᾰ; τοῦ ῥοφήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēma | τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmate | τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tà rhophḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥοφήμᾰτος toû rhophḗmatos | τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmátoin | τῶν ῥοφημᾰ́των tôn rhophēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥοφήμᾰτῐ tôi rhophḗmati | τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmátoin | τοῖς ῥοφήμᾰσῐ / ῥοφήμᾰσῐν toîs rhophḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēma | τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmate | τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tà rhophḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥόφημᾰ rhóphēma | ῥοφήμᾰτε rhophḗmate | ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ rhophḗmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥόφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥόφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette