ὄμειχμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄμιχμα (ómikhma)

Etymology

From ὀμείχω (omeíkhō, “to make water”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.meːkʰ.ma/ → /ˈo.mix.ma/ → /ˈo.mix.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.meːkʰ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mikʰ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/

Noun

ὄμειχμᾰ • (ómeikhmă) n (genitive ὀμείχμᾰτος); third declension

1. urine

   Synonym: οὖρον (oûron)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ; τοῦ ὀμείχμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ tò ómeikhmă	τὼ ὀμείχμᾰτε tṑ omeíkhmăte	τᾰ̀ ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ tằ omeíkhmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀμείχμᾰτος toû omeíkhmătos	τοῖν ὀμειχμᾰ́τοιν toîn omeikhmắtoin	τῶν ὀμειχμᾰ́των tôn omeikhmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ὀμείχμᾰτῐ tôi omeíkhmătĭ	τοῖν ὀμειχμᾰ́τοιν toîn omeikhmắtoin	τοῖς ὀμείχμᾰσῐ / ὀμείχμᾰσῐν toîs omeíkhmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ tò ómeikhmă	τὼ ὀμείχμᾰτε tṑ omeíkhmăte	τᾰ̀ ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ tằ omeíkhmătă
Vocative	ὄμειχμᾰ ómeikhmă	ὀμείχμᾰτε omeíkhmăte	ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ omeíkhmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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