ἐμπύρευμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπῠρεύω (empŭreúō, “to set aglow, kindle”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pý.reu̯.ma/ → /emˈpy.reβ.ma/ → /emˈbi.rev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pý.reu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.rew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.reβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.rev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbi.rev.ma/

Noun

ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ • (empŭ́reumă) n (genitive ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. live coal covered with ashes, so as to allow of the fire being rekindled

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ; τοῦ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ tò empŭ́reumă	τὼ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε tṑ empŭreúmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ tằ empŭreúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος toû empŭreúmătos	τοῖν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́τοιν toîn empŭreumắtoin	τῶν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́των tôn empŭreumắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτῐ tôi empŭreúmătĭ	τοῖν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́τοιν toîn empŭreumắtoin	τοῖς ἐμπῠρεύμᾰσῐ / ἐμπῠρεύμᾰσῐν toîs empŭreúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ tò empŭ́reumă	τὼ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε tṑ empŭreúmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ tằ empŭreúmătă
Vocative	ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ empŭ́reumă	ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε empŭreúmăte	ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ empŭreúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: empyreuma

Further reading

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