θῦμα

See also: θύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to offer, sacrifice”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰŷː.ma/ → /ˈθy.ma/ → /ˈθi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰŷː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ma/

Noun

θῦμᾰ • (thûmă) n (genitive θύμᾰτος); third declension

1. victim, sacrifice (especially animals)
   1. (in the plural) animals slaughtered for food
2. act of sacrifice

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θῦμᾰ; τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θῦμᾰ tò thûmă	τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε tṑ thū́măte	τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ tằ thū́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος toû thū́mătos	τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmắtoin	τῶν θῡμᾰ́των tôn thūmắtōn
Dative	τῷ θῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi thū́mătĭ	τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmắtoin	τοῖς θῡ́μᾰσῐ / θῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs thū́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ θῦμᾰ tò thûmă	τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε tṑ thū́măte	τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ tằ thū́mătă
Vocative	θῦμᾰ thûmă	θῡ́μᾰτε thū́măte	θῡ́μᾰτᾰ thū́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θύμα (thýma)

Further reading

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