νίμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nímm.ma/ → /ˈnimm.ma/ → /ˈni.ma/

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

Noun

νίμμᾰ • (nímmă) n (genitive νίμμᾰτος); third declension

1. water for washing

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ; τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nĭ́mmă	τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nĭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ nĭ́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος toû nĭ́mmătos	τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nĭmmắtoin	τῶν νῐμμᾰ́των tôn nĭmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ νῐ́μμᾰτῐ tôi nĭ́mmătĭ	τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nĭmmắtoin	τοῖς νῐ́μμᾰσῐ / νῐ́μμᾰσῐν toîs nĭ́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nĭ́mmă	τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nĭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ nĭ́mmătă
Vocative	νῐ́μμᾰ nĭ́mmă	νῐ́μμᾰτε nĭ́mmăte	νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ nĭ́mmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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