κλαῦμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλαίω (klaíō, “to cry, to wail”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klâu̯.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈklaw.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈklaβ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈklav.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈklav.ma/
Noun
κλαῦμᾰ • (klaûmă) n (genitive κλαύμᾰτος); third declension
- (in the plural) weeping, wailing
- (in the plural) troubles, misfortunes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûmă |
τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tằ klaúmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλαύμᾰτος toû klaúmătos |
τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumắtoin |
τῶν κλαυμᾰ́των tôn klaumắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλαύμᾰτῐ tōî klaúmătĭ |
τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumắtoin |
τοῖς κλαύμᾰσῐ / κλαύμᾰσῐν toîs klaúmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûmă |
τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmăte |
τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tằ klaúmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλαῦμᾰ klaûmă |
κλαύμᾰτε klaúmăte |
κλαύμᾰτᾰ klaúmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κλαῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλαῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette