τύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, to strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tým.ma/ → /ˈtym.ma/ → /ˈti.ma/

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

Noun

τύμμᾰ • (túmmă) n (genitive τύμμᾰτος); third declension

1. A blow, a wound
2. A pick, a sting, a snakebite

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ τῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ tò tŭ́mmă	τὼ τῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ tŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ tŭ́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ τῠ́μμᾰτος toû tŭ́mmătos	τοῖν τῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn tŭmmắtoin	τῶν τῠμμᾰ́των tôn tŭmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ τῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi tŭ́mmătĭ	τοῖν τῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn tŭmmắtoin	τοῖς τῠ́μμᾰσῐ / τῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs tŭ́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ tò tŭ́mmă	τὼ τῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ tŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ tŭ́mmătă
Vocative	τῠ́μμᾰ tŭ́mmă	τῠ́μμᾰτε tŭ́mmăte	τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tŭ́mmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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