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/

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Noun

ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ • (rhízōma) 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 rhízōma	τὼ ῥῐζώμᾰτε tṑ rhizṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ tà rhizṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῐζώμᾰτος toû rhizṓmatos	τοῖν ῥῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhizōmátoin	τῶν ῥῐζωμᾰ́των tôn rhizōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῐζώμᾰτῐ tôi rhizṓmati	τοῖν ῥῐζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhizōmátoin	τοῖς ῥῐζώμᾰσῐ / ῥῐζώμᾰσῐν toîs rhizṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ tò rhízōma	τὼ ῥῐζώμᾰτε tṑ rhizṓmate	τᾰ̀ ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ tà rhizṓmata
Vocative	ῥῐ́ζωμᾰ rhízōma	ῥῐζώμᾰτε rhizṓmate	ῥῐζώμᾰτᾰ rhizṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ρίζωμα (rízoma)

References

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