κλαῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλαίω (klaíō, “to cry, to wail”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klâu̯.ma/ → /ˈklaβ.ma/ → /ˈklav.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klâu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈklaw.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈklaβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈklav.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈklav.ma/

Noun

κλαῦμᾰ • (klaûmă) n (genitive κλαύμᾰτος); third declension

1. (in the plural) weeping, wailing
2. (in the plural) troubles, misfortunes

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κλαῦμᾰ; τοῦ κλαύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûmă	τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmăte	τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tằ klaúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κλαύμᾰτος toû klaúmătos	τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumắtoin	τῶν κλαυμᾰ́των tôn klaumắtōn
Dative	τῷ κλαύμᾰτῐ tôi klaúmătĭ	τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumắtoin	τοῖς κλαύμᾰσῐ / κλαύμᾰσῐν toîs klaúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûmă	τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmăte	τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tằ klaúmătă
Vocative	κλαῦμᾰ klaûmă	κλαύμᾰτε klaúmăte	κλαύμᾰτᾰ klaúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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