ῥόφημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥοφέω (rhophéō, “to sup up”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ó.pʰɛː.ma/ → /ˈro.ɸi.ma/ → /ˈro.fi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ó.pʰɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈro.pʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ɸi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/

Noun

ῥόφημᾰ • (rhóphēma) n (genitive ῥοφήμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is supped up
2. A thick gruel, a porridge

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥόφημᾰ; τοῦ ῥοφήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēma	τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmate	τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tà rhophḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοφήμᾰτος toû rhophḗmatos	τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmátoin	τῶν ῥοφημᾰ́των tôn rhophēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥοφήμᾰτῐ tôi rhophḗmati	τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmátoin	τοῖς ῥοφήμᾰσῐ / ῥοφήμᾰσῐν toîs rhophḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēma	τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmate	τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tà rhophḗmata
Vocative	ῥόφημᾰ rhóphēma	ῥοφήμᾰτε rhophḗmate	ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ rhophḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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