ἔλυμα

See also: Ἔλυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.lyː.ma/ → /ˈe.ly.ma/ → /ˈe.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.lyː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ly.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.li.ma/

Noun

ἔλῡμᾰ • (élūma) n (genitive ἐλῡ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. stock of a plough

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔλῡμᾰ; τοῦ ἐλῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔλῡμᾰ tò élūma	τὼ ἐλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ elū́mate	τᾰ̀ ἐλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà elū́mata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλῡ́μᾰτος toû elū́matos	τοῖν ἐλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn elūmátoin	τῶν ἐλῡμᾰ́των tôn elūmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi elū́mati	τοῖν ἐλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn elūmátoin	τοῖς ἐλῡ́μᾰσῐ / ἐλῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs elū́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔλῡμᾰ tò élūma	τὼ ἐλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ elū́mate	τᾰ̀ ἐλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà elū́mata
Vocative	ἔλῡμᾰ élūma	ἐλῡ́μᾰτε elū́mate	ἐλῡ́μᾰτᾰ elū́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔλυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλυμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)