θῦμα

See also: θύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to offer, sacrifice”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῦμᾰ • (thûmă) n (genitive θύμᾰτος); third declension

  1. victim, sacrifice (especially animals)
    1. (in the plural) animals slaughtered for food
  2. act of sacrifice

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θῦμᾰ; τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ θῦμᾰ
tò thûmă 		τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε
tṑ thū́măte 		τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ
tằ thū́mătă
Genitive τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος
toû thū́mătos 		τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν
toîn thūmắtoin 		τῶν θῡμᾰ́των
tôn thūmắtōn
Dative τῷ θῡ́μᾰτῐ
tōî thū́mătĭ 		τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν
toîn thūmắtoin 		τοῖς θῡ́μᾰσῐ / θῡ́μᾰσῐν
toîs thū́măsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ θῦμᾰ
tò thûmă 		τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε
tṑ thū́măte 		τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ
tằ thū́mătă
Vocative θῦμᾰ
thûmă 		θῡ́μᾰτε
thū́măte 		θῡ́μᾰτᾰ
thū́mătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: θύμα (thýma)

Further reading

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