εὕρημα

See also: εύρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/ → /ˈe.βri.ma/ → /ˈe.vri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/

Noun

εὕρημᾰ • (heúrēmă) n (genitive εὑρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. An invention, a discovery (not by chance but by thought)
2. An invention, for or against things, a remedy
3. An excuse
4. That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall
5. A foundling

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εὕρημᾰ; τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēmă	τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmăte	τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tằ heurḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος toû heurḗmătos	τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmắtoin	τῶν εὑρημᾰ́των tôn heurēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ εὑρήμᾰτῐ tôi heurḗmătĭ	τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmắtoin	τοῖς εὑρήμᾰσῐ / εὑρήμᾰσῐν toîs heurḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēmă	τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmăte	τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tằ heurḗmătă
Vocative	εὕρημᾰ heúrēmă	εὑρήμᾰτε heurḗmăte	εὑρήμᾰτᾰ heurḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: εύρημα (évrima) (learned)

Further reading

• “εὕρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὕρημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette