ῥύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥύπτω (rhúptō, “to cleanse, to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ým.ma/ → /ˈrym.ma/ → /ˈri.ma/

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

Noun

ῥύμμᾰ • (rhúmma) n (genitive ῥύμμᾰτος); third declension

1. anything used for washing: soap, lye, etc.
2. sediment, dirt remaining from washing

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ tò rhúmma	τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhúmmate	τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà rhúmmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος toû rhúmmatos	τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhummátoin	τῶν ῥῠμμᾰ́των tôn rhummátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi rhúmmati	τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhummátoin	τοῖς ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐ / ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs rhúmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ tò rhúmma	τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhúmmate	τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà rhúmmata
Vocative	ῥῠ́μμᾰ rhúmma	ῥῠ́μμᾰτε rhúmmate	ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ rhúmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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