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 • (rhúmmă) 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 rhŭ́mmă	τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ rhŭ́mmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος toû rhŭ́mmătos	τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhŭmmắtoin	τῶν ῥῠμμᾰ́των tôn rhŭmmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi rhŭ́mmătĭ	τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhŭmmắtoin	τοῖς ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐ / ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs rhŭ́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ tò rhŭ́mmă	τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ rhŭ́mmăte	τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ rhŭ́mmătă
Vocative	ῥῠ́μμᾰ rhŭ́mmă	ῥῠ́μμᾰτε rhŭ́mmăte	ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ rhŭ́mmătă
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