κλύσμα

See also: Κλύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash, to purge”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klýz.ma/ → /ˈklyz.ma/ → /ˈkliz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klýz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈklyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkliz.ma/

Noun

κλύσμᾰ • (klúsmă) n (genitive κλύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. liquid used for washing out, especially an enema, a drench

   Synonym: ἔνεμᾰ (énemă)

2. place washed by the waves, seabeach

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ κλῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ tò klŭ́smă	τὼ κλῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ klŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ klŭ́smătă
Genitive	τοῦ κλῠ́σμᾰτος toû klŭ́smătos	τοῖν κλῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klŭsmắtoin	τῶν κλῠσμᾰ́των tôn klŭsmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κλῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi klŭ́smătĭ	τοῖν κλῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klŭsmắtoin	τοῖς κλῠ́σμᾰσῐ / κλῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs klŭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ tò klŭ́smă	τὼ κλῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ klŭ́smăte	τᾰ̀ κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ klŭ́smătă
Vocative	κλῠ́σμᾰ klŭ́smă	κλῠ́σμᾰτε klŭ́smăte	κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ klŭ́smătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κλῠ́σμᾰ (Klŭ́smă)
• κλῠσμᾰ́τῐον (klŭsmắtĭon)

Further reading

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