ῥύμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥύπτω (rhúptō, “to cleanse, to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ým.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈrym.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈrym.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈrym.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈri.ma/
Noun
ῥύμμᾰ • (rhúmma) n (genitive ῥύμμᾰτος); third declension
- anything used for washing: soap, lye, etc.
- sediment, dirt remaining from washing
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ tò rhúmma | τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhúmmate | τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà rhúmmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος toû rhúmmatos | τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhummátoin | τῶν ῥῠμμᾰ́των tôn rhummátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi rhúmmati | τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhummátoin | τοῖς ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐ / ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs rhúmmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ tò rhúmma | τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhúmmate | τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà rhúmmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥῠ́μμᾰ rhúmma | ῥῠ́μμᾰτε rhúmmate | ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ rhúmmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥύμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥύμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette