θρέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed, to maintain”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrém.ma/ → /ˈθrem.ma/ → /ˈθre.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrém.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrem.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθrem.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθrem.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθre.ma/

Noun

θρέμμᾰ • (thrémmă) n (genitive θρέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. nursling, creature
2. homeborn slave (translates Latin verna)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θρέμμᾰ; τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémmă	τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmăte	τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ thrémmătă
Genitive	τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος toû thrémmătos	τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmắtoin	τῶν θρεμμᾰ́των tôn thremmắtōn
Dative	τῷ θρέμμᾰτῐ tôi thrémmătĭ	τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmắtoin	τοῖς θρέμμᾰσῐ / θρέμμᾰσῐν toîs thrémmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémmă	τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmăte	τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tằ thrémmătă
Vocative	θρέμμᾰ thrémmă	θρέμμᾰτε thrémmăte	θρέμμᾰτᾰ thrémmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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