ῥέγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥέζω (rhézō, “to dye”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥éŋ.ma/ → /ˈreɣ.ma/ → /ˈreɣ.ma/

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

Noun

ῥέγμᾰ • (rhégma) n (genitive ῥέγμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is dyed

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥέγμᾰ; τοῦ ῥέγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥέγμᾰ tò rhégma	τὼ ῥέγμᾰτε tṑ rhégmate	τᾰ̀ ῥέγμᾰτᾰ tà rhégmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥέγμᾰτος toû rhégmatos	τοῖν ῥεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhegmátoin	τῶν ῥεγμᾰ́των tôn rhegmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥέγμᾰτῐ tôi rhégmati	τοῖν ῥεγμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhegmátoin	τοῖς ῥέγμᾰσῐ / ῥέγμᾰσῐν toîs rhégmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥέγμᾰ tò rhégma	τὼ ῥέγμᾰτε tṑ rhégmate	τᾰ̀ ῥέγμᾰτᾰ tà rhégmata
Vocative	ῥέγμᾰ rhégma	ῥέγμᾰτε rhégmate	ῥέγμᾰτᾰ rhégmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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