κύημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυέω (kuéō, “to be pregnant”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.ɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.e̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.i.ma/
Noun
κῠ́ημᾰ • (kŭ́ēmă) n (genitive κῠήμᾰτος); third declension
- That which is conceived, embryo, foetus
- (botany) That which is swollen as the result of growth, a sprout
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēmă |
τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tằ kuḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κυήμᾰτος toû kuḗmătos |
τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmắtoin |
τῶν κυημᾰ́των tôn kuēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κυήμᾰτῐ tōî kuḗmătĭ |
τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmắtoin |
τοῖς κυήμᾰσῐ / κυήμᾰσῐν toîs kuḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēmă |
τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tằ kuḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κύημᾰ kúēmă |
κυήμᾰτε kuḗmăte |
κυήμᾰτᾰ kuḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἀποκύημα n (apokúēma, “foetus”) (Koine, figuratively)
- ἐπικύημα n (epikúēma, “superfetation”)
- κύησις f (kúēsis, “conception”)
- and see κυέω, κυῶ (kuéō, kuô)
Further reading
- “κύημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κύημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύημα.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈci.i.ma/
- Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧μα
Noun
κύημα • (kýima) n (plural κυήματα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κύημα (kýima) | κυήματα (kyímata) |
| genitive | κυήματος (kyímatos) | κυημάτων (kyimáton) |
| accusative | κύημα (kýima) | κυήματα (kyímata) |
| vocative | κύημα (kýima) | κυήματα (kyímata) |