ῥίζωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥιζόω (rhizóō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥íz.dɔː.ma/ → /ˈri.zo.ma/ → /ˈri.zo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥íz.dɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈri.zo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.zo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈri.zo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.zo.ma/

Noun

ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ • (rhĭ́zōmă) n (genitive ῥῐζώμᾰτος); third declension

1. roots of a plant
2. element
3. stem, race

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ; τοῦ ῥῐζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ tò rhĭ́zōmă	τὼ ῥῐζώμᾰτε tṑ rhĭzṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ tằ rhĭzṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῐζώμᾰτος toû rhĭzṓmătos	τοῖν ῥῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhĭzōmắtoin	τῶν ῥῐζωμᾰ́των tôn rhĭzōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῐζώμᾰτῐ tôi rhĭzṓmătĭ	τοῖν ῥῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhĭzōmắtoin	τοῖς ῥῐζώμᾰσῐ / ῥῐζώμᾰσῐν toîs rhĭzṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ tò rhĭ́zōmă	τὼ ῥῐζώμᾰτε tṑ rhĭzṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ tằ rhĭzṓmătă
Vocative	ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ rhĭ́zōmă	ῥῐζώμᾰτε rhĭzṓmăte	ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ rhĭzṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: rhizome
• → Greek: ρίζωμα (rízoma) (learned)

References

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