θρύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρῠ́πτω (thrŭ́ptō, “to shatter”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrým.ma/ → /ˈθrym.ma/ → /ˈθri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrým.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrym.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθrym.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθrym.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.ma/

Noun

θρῠ́μμᾰ • (thrŭ́mmă) n (genitive θρῠ́μμᾰτος); third declension

1. fragment, piece, bit, morsel

   Synonyms: κλᾰ́σμᾰ (klắsmă), θραῦμα (thraûma), ψωμός (psōmós)

   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Diseases of Women 1.75:

     […] οὖρον λαβὼν παλαιὸν καὶ σιδήρου σκωρίην ὅσην δὴ παλαστὴν τὰ θρύμματα, ἔπειτα καθίσας τὴν γυναῖκα ἐπὶ δίφρου, καὶ ξυγκαλύψας καὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν, ὑποθεὶς ποδανιπτῆρα, ἐμβαλεῖν κατὰ τρία διάπυρα τὰ θρύμματα· […]

     […] oûron labṑn palaiòn kaì sidḗrou skōríēn hósēn dḕ palastḕn tà thrúmmata, épeita kathísas tḕn gunaîka epì díphrou, kaì xunkalúpsas kaì tò sôma kaì tḕn kephalḕn, hupotheìs podaniptêra, embaleîn katà tría diápura tà thrúmmata; […]

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Declension

Third declension of τὸ θρῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ θρῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θρῠ́μμᾰ tò thrŭ́mmă	τὼ θρῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ thrŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ θρῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ thrŭ́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ θρῠ́μμᾰτος toû thrŭ́mmătos	τοῖν θρῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thrŭmmắtoin	τῶν θρῠμμᾰ́των tôn thrŭmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ θρῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi thrŭ́mmătĭ	τοῖν θρῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thrŭmmắtoin	τοῖς θρῠ́μμᾰσῐ / θρῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs thrŭ́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ θρῠ́μμᾰ tò thrŭ́mmă	τὼ θρῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ thrŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ θρῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ thrŭ́mmătă
Vocative	θρῠ́μμᾰ thrŭ́mmă	θρῠ́μμᾰτε thrŭ́mmăte	θρῠ́μμᾰτᾰ thrŭ́mmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θρῠμμᾰτῐ́ς (thrŭmmătĭ́s)

Descendants

• Greek: θρύμμα (thrýmma)

Further reading

• “θρύμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρύμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θρύμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρύμμα (thrúmma), from θρύπτω (thrúptō, “to shatter”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɾima/
• Hyphenation: θρύμ‧μα

Noun

θρύμμα • (thrýmma) n (plural θρύμματα)

1. fragment, shard

   Synonym: θρύψαλο (thrýpsalo)

2. crumb

   Synonym: τρίμμα (trímma)

Declension

Declension of θρύμμα

	singular	plural
nominative	θρύμμα (thrýmma)	θρύμματα (thrýmmata)
genitive	θρύμματος (thrýmmatos)	θρυμμάτων (thrymmáton)
accusative	θρύμμα (thrýmma)	θρύμματα (thrýmmata)
vocative	θρύμμα (thrýmma)	θρύμματα (thrýmmata)

Derived terms

• θρυμματίζω (thrymmatízo, “to shatter”)

References

• θρύμμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language