τρῖμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίβω (tríbō, “I rub”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trîːm.ma/ → /ˈtrim.ma/ → /ˈtri.ma/

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

Noun

τρῖμμᾰ • (trîmmă) n (genitive τρῖμμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is rubbed
   1. A practised knave
   2. A drink or brew prepared of pounded groats and spices
   3. A fragment, a scraping
   4. An abrasion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρῖμμᾰ; τοῦ τρῑ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῖμμᾰ tò trîmmă	τὼ τρῑ́μμᾰτε tṑ trī́mmăte	τᾰ̀ τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ trī́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τρῑ́μμᾰτος toû trī́mmătos	τοῖν τρῑμμᾰ́τοιν toîn trīmmắtoin	τῶν τρῑμμᾰ́των tôn trīmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τρῑ́μμᾰτῐ tôi trī́mmătĭ	τοῖν τρῑμμᾰ́τοιν toîn trīmmắtoin	τοῖς τρῑ́μμᾰσῐ / τρῑ́μμᾰσῐν toîs trī́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῖμμᾰ tò trîmmă	τὼ τρῑ́μμᾰτε tṑ trī́mmăte	τᾰ̀ τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ trī́mmătă
Vocative	τρῖμμᾰ trîmmă	τρῑ́μμᾰτε trī́mmăte	τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ trī́mmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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