Κλύσμα

See also: κλύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλύσμᾰ (klúsma, “place washed by the waves, sea-beach”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klýz.ma/ → /ˈklyz.ma/ → /ˈkliz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klýz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkliz.ma/

Proper noun

Κλῠ́σμᾰ • (Klúsma) n (genitive Κλῠ́σμᾰτος); third declension

1. Clysma; Suez, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ Κλῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ Κλῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Κλῠ́σμᾰ tò Klúsma
Genitive	τοῦ Κλῠ́σμᾰτος toû Klúsmatos
Dative	τῷ Κλῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi Klúsmati
Accusative	τὸ Κλῠ́σμᾰ tò Klúsma
Vocative	Κλῠ́σμᾰ Klúsma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: اَلْقُلْزُم (al-qulzum)
  • → Persian: قُلْزُم (qulzum)
    • → Gujarati: કુલઝુમ (kuljhum)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: क़ुल्ज़ुम (qulzum)

      Urdu: قُلْزُم (qulzum)

• → Latin: Clysma

Further reading

• Κλύσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette