ἔνεμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to inject”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ne.ma/ → /ˈe.ne.ma/ → /ˈe.ne.ma/

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

Noun

ἔνεμᾰ • (énema) n (genitive ἐνέμᾰτος); third declension

1. (medicine) An injection, a clyster, an enema

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔνεμᾰ; τοῦ ἐνέμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔνεμᾰ tò énema	τὼ ἐνέμᾰτε tṑ enémate	τᾰ̀ ἐνέμᾰτᾰ tà enémata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνέμᾰτος toû enématos	τοῖν ἐνεμᾰ́τοιν toîn enemátoin	τῶν ἐνεμᾰ́των tôn enemátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐνέμᾰτῐ tôi enémati	τοῖν ἐνεμᾰ́τοιν toîn enemátoin	τοῖς ἐνέμᾰσῐ / ἐνέμᾰσῐν toîs enémasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔνεμᾰ tò énema	τὼ ἐνέμᾰτε tṑ enémate	τᾰ̀ ἐνέμᾰτᾰ tà enémata
Vocative	ἔνεμᾰ énema	ἐνέμᾰτε enémate	ἐνέμᾰτᾰ enémata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κλύσμα (klúsma)

Descendants

• → Latin: enema
  • Catalan: ènema
  • → English: enema

Further reading

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