νεῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεύω (neúō, “to nod”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nêu̯.ma/ → /ˈneβ.ma/ → /ˈnev.ma/

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

Noun

νεῦμᾰ • (neûma) n (genitive νεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. nod, sign
2. expression of will, command
3. approval, sanction
4. quarter of the heavens
5. (in general) direction

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νεῦμᾰ; τοῦ νεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νεῦμᾰ tò neûma	τὼ νεύμᾰτε tṑ neúmate	τᾰ̀ νεύμᾰτᾰ tà neúmata
Genitive	τοῦ νεύμᾰτος toû neúmatos	τοῖν νευμᾰ́τοιν toîn neumátoin	τῶν νευμᾰ́των tôn neumátōn
Dative	τῷ νεύμᾰτῐ tôi neúmati	τοῖν νευμᾰ́τοιν toîn neumátoin	τοῖς νεύμᾰσῐ / νεύμᾰσῐν toîs neúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νεῦμᾰ tò neûma	τὼ νεύμᾰτε tṑ neúmate	τᾰ̀ νεύμᾰτᾰ tà neúmata
Vocative	νεῦμᾰ neûma	νεύμᾰτε neúmate	νεύμᾰτᾰ neúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νευμᾰ́τῐον (neumátion)

Further reading

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