κροῦμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κροῦσμα (kroûsma)

Etymology

From κρούω (kroúō, “I beat, I strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krûː.ma/ → /ˈkru.ma/ → /ˈkru.ma/

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

Noun

κροῦμα • (kroûma) n (genitive κροῦμᾰτος); third declension

1. beat, stroke
2. sound produced by stiking stringed instruments, note

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κροῦμᾰ; τοῦ κρούμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûmă	τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmăte	τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tằ kroúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κρούμᾰτος toû kroúmătos	τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumắtoin	τῶν κρουμᾰ́των tôn kroumắtōn
Dative	τῷ κρούμᾰτῐ tôi kroúmătĭ	τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumắtoin	τοῖς κρούμᾰσῐ / κρούμᾰσῐν toîs kroúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûmă	τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmăte	τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tằ kroúmătă
Vocative	κροῦμᾰ kroûmă	κρούμᾰτε kroúmăte	κρούμᾰτᾰ kroúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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