πλύμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλῠ́σμᾰ (plŭ́smă)

Etymology

From πλῡ́νω (plū́nō, “to wash, clean”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plý.ma/ → /ˈply.ma/ → /ˈpli.ma/

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

Noun

πλῠ́μᾰ • (plŭ́mă) n (genitive πλῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. water in which something has been washed
2. washings, scum, residue of cinnabar
3. (figuratively) low prostitute

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plŭ́mă	τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ plŭ́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος toû plŭ́mătos	τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plŭmắtoin	τῶν πλῠμᾰ́των tôn plŭmắtōn
Dative	τῷ πλῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi plŭ́mătĭ	τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plŭmắtoin	τοῖς πλῠ́μᾰσῐ / πλῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs plŭ́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plŭ́mă	τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ plŭ́mătă
Vocative	πλῠ́μᾰ plŭ́mă	πλῠ́μᾰτε plŭ́măte	πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ plŭ́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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