γρυμέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γρυμαία (grumaía), γρυμεῖα (grumeîa), γρυμεία (grumeía)

Etymology

In origin, the word probably denoted small things of little value. The formation suggests a Pre-Greek origin and perhaps it is connected to γρῦ (grû, “dirt under the nail”). The comparison with Latin grumus (“hillock”) is unconvincing; better, but still doubtful, is that with Old English cruma (“crumb, morsel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡryː.mé.aː/ → /ɣryˈme.a/ → /ɣriˈme.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡryː.mé.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡryˈme.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣryˈme.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣryˈme.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣriˈme.a/

Noun

γρῡμέᾱ • (grūméā) f (genitive γρῡμέᾱς); first declension

1. bag or chest for old clothes

Declension

First declension of ἡ γρῡμέᾱ; τῆς γρῡμέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γρῡμέᾱ hē grūméā	τὼ γρῡμέᾱ tṑ grūméā	αἱ γρῡμέαι hai grūméai
Genitive	τῆς γρῡμέᾱς tês grūméās	τοῖν γρῡμέαιν toîn grūméain	τῶν γρῡμεῶν tôn grūmeôn
Dative	τῇ γρῡμέᾳ têi grūméāi	τοῖν γρῡμέαιν toîn grūméain	ταῖς γρῡμέαις taîs grūméais
Accusative	τὴν γρῡμέᾱν tḕn grūméān	τὼ γρῡμέᾱ tṑ grūméā	τᾱ̀ς γρῡμέᾱς tā̀s grūméās
Vocative	γρῡμέᾱ grūméā	γρῡμέᾱ grūméā	γρῡμέαι grūméai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: crumēna

Further reading

• “γρυμέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γρυμέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γρυμέα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN