ἔγκαυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκαίω (enkaíō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡaβ.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kaw.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡaβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/

Noun

ἔγκαυμᾰ • (énkaumă) n (genitive ἐγκαύμᾰτος); third declension

1. mark made by a branding iron, sore from burning
2. encaustic picture
3. (pathology) ulcer in the eye

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγκαύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ tò énkaumă	τὼ ἐγκαύμᾰτε tṑ enkaúmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ tằ enkaúmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκαύμᾰτος toû enkaúmătos	τοῖν ἐγκαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkaumắtoin	τῶν ἐγκαυμᾰ́των tôn enkaumắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκαύμᾰτῐ tôi enkaúmătĭ	τοῖν ἐγκαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkaumắtoin	τοῖς ἐγκαύμᾰσῐ / ἐγκαύμᾰσῐν toîs enkaúmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ tò énkaumă	τὼ ἐγκαύμᾰτε tṑ enkaúmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ tằ enkaúmătă
Vocative	ἔγκαυμᾰ énkaumă	ἐγκαύμᾰτε enkaúmăte	ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ enkaúmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: encauma

Further reading

• “ἔγκαυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔγκαυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκαυμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)