πύματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived either from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”) or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), and often compared with Sanskrit पुनर् (punar, “back, again”), but Beekes is skeptical.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.ma.tos/ → /ˈpy.ma.tos/ → /ˈpi.ma.tos/

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

Adjective

πύμᾰτος • (púmătos) m (feminine πῠμάτη, neuter πύμᾰτον); first/second declension

1. hindmost, last
2. outermost
3. nethermost
4. last

Declension

First and second declension of πῠ́μᾰτος; πῠμᾰ́τη; πῠ́μᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠ́μᾰτος pŭ́mătos	πῠμᾰ́τη pŭmắtē	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton		πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō		πῠ́μᾰτοι pŭ́mătoi	πῠ́μᾰται pŭ́mătai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Genitive		πῠμᾰ́του pŭmắtou	πῠμᾰ́της pŭmắtēs	πῠμᾰ́του pŭmắtou		πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pŭmắtain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin		πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn	πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn	πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn
Dative		πῠμᾰ́τῳ pŭmắtōi	πῠμᾰ́τῃ pŭmắtēi	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pŭmắtōi		πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pŭmắtain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin		πῠμᾰ́τοις pŭmắtois	πῠμᾰ́ταις pŭmắtais	πῠμᾰ́τοις pŭmắtois
Accusative		πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton	πῠμᾰ́την pŭmắtēn	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton		πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō		πῠμᾰ́τους pŭmắtous	πῠμᾰ́τᾱς pŭmắtās	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Vocative		πῠ́μᾰτε pŭ́măte	πῠμᾰ́τη pŭmắtē	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton		πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō		πῠ́μᾰτοι pŭ́mătoi	πῠ́μᾰται pŭ́mătai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πύμᾰτον / πύμᾰτᾰ púmăton / púmătă				πῠμᾰτώτερος pŭmătṓteros				πῠμᾰτώτᾰτος pŭmătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “πύματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πύματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πύματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1257