εὕρημα

See also: εύρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εὕρημᾰ • (heúrēmă) n (genitive εὑρήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. An invention, a discovery (not by chance but by thought)
  2. An invention, for or against things, a remedy
  3. An excuse
  4. That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall
  5. A foundling

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εὕρημᾰ; τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ εὕρημᾰ
tò heúrēmă 		τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε
tṑ heurḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ
tằ heurḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος
toû heurḗmătos 		τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn heurēmắtoin 		τῶν εὑρημᾰ́των
tôn heurēmắtōn
Dative τῷ εὑρήμᾰτῐ
tōî heurḗmătĭ 		τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn heurēmắtoin 		τοῖς εὑρήμᾰσῐ / εὑρήμᾰσῐν
toîs heurḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ εὕρημᾰ
tò heúrēmă 		τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε
tṑ heurḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ
tằ heurḗmătă
Vocative εὕρημᾰ
heúrēmă 		εὑρήμᾰτε
heurḗmăte 		εὑρήμᾰτᾰ
heurḗmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Greek: εύρημα (évrima) (learned)
  • → Translingual: Eurema

Further reading

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