νίμμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νίζω (nízō, “to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nímm.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ma/
Noun
νίμμᾰ • (nímmă) n (genitive νίμμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nĭ́mmă |
τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nĭ́mmăte |
τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ nĭ́mmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος toû nĭ́mmătos |
τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nĭmmắtoin |
τῶν νῐμμᾰ́των tôn nĭmmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νῐ́μμᾰτῐ tōî nĭ́mmătĭ |
τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nĭmmắtoin |
τοῖς νῐ́μμᾰσῐ / νῐ́μμᾰσῐν toîs nĭ́mmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nĭ́mmă |
τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nĭ́mmăte |
τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tằ nĭ́mmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νῐ́μμᾰ nĭ́mmă |
νῐ́μμᾰτε nĭ́mmăte |
νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ nĭ́mmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νίμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νίμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette