γεῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεύω (geúō, “to taste”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡêu̯.ma/ → /ˈʝeβ.ma/ → /ˈʝev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡêu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝeβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝev.ma/

Noun

γεῦμᾰ • (geûmă) n (genitive γεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. taste, smack
   1. food

Declension

Third declension of τὸ γεῦμᾰ; τοῦ γεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γεῦμᾰ tò geûmă	τὼ γεύμᾰτε tṑ geúmăte	τᾰ̀ γεύμᾰτᾰ tằ geúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ γεύμᾰτος toû geúmătos	τοῖν γευμᾰ́τοιν toîn geumắtoin	τῶν γευμᾰ́των tôn geumắtōn
Dative	τῷ γεύμᾰτῐ tôi geúmătĭ	τοῖν γευμᾰ́τοιν toîn geumắtoin	τοῖς γεύμᾰσῐ / γεύμᾰσῐν toîs geúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ γεῦμᾰ tò geûmă	τὼ γεύμᾰτε tṑ geúmăte	τᾰ̀ γεύμᾰτᾰ tằ geúmătă
Vocative	γεῦμᾰ geûmă	γεύμᾰτε geúmăte	γεύμᾰτᾰ geúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γεύμα (gévma)
• →? Old Georgian: გემოჲ (gemoy) (or from another Proto-Indo-European source) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “γεῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γεῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γεῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεῦμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)