ἔγχυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγχέω (enkhéō, “to pour in”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, nominal suffix), from ἐν (en, “in, into”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kʰy.ma/ → /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/ → /ˈeɲ.çi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kʰy.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kʰy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çi.ma/

Noun

ἔγχῠμᾰ • (énkhŭmă) n (genitive ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. Instillation.
   1. (anatomy) Filling or content of a vessel.
   2. Synonym of ἔγχῠτος (énkhŭtos).

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhŭmă	τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ enkhŭ́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος toû enkhŭ́mătos	τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhŭmắtoin	τῶν ἐγχῠμᾰ́των tôn enkhŭmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi enkhŭ́mătĭ	τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhŭmắtoin	τοῖς ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐ / ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs enkhŭ́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhŭmă	τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhŭ́măte	τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ enkhŭ́mătă
Vocative	ἔγχῠμᾰ énkhŭmă	ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε enkhŭ́măte	ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ enkhŭ́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ (părénkhŭmă)

Descendants

• → English: enchyma
• → English: -enchyma
• ⇒ English: mesenchyme

References

• “ἔγχυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press