κύρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυρέω, κύρω (kuréō, kúrō, “to meet with, come upon, find”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýr.ma/ → /ˈcyr.ma/ → /ˈcir.ma/

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

Noun

κύρμᾰ • (kúrmă) n (genitive κύρμᾰτος); third declension

1. booty, prey, spoil

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κῠ́ρμᾰ; τοῦ κῠ́ρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́ρμᾰ tò kŭ́rmă	τὼ κῠ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kŭ́rmăte	τᾰ̀ κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ tằ kŭ́rmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κῠ́ρμᾰτος toû kŭ́rmătos	τοῖν κῠρμᾰ́τοιν toîn kŭrmắtoin	τῶν κῠρμᾰ́των tôn kŭrmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κῠ́ρμᾰτῐ tôi kŭ́rmătĭ	τοῖν κῠρμᾰ́τοιν toîn kŭrmắtoin	τοῖς κῠ́ρμᾰσῐ / κῠ́ρμᾰσῐν toîs kŭ́rmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́ρμᾰ tò kŭ́rmă	τὼ κῠ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kŭ́rmăte	τᾰ̀ κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ tằ kŭ́rmătă
Vocative	κῠ́ρμᾰ kŭ́rmă	κῠ́ρμᾰτε kŭ́rmăte	κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ kŭ́rmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κύρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κύρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press