πλύμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλῠ́σμᾰ (plŭ́smă)
Etymology
From πλῡ́νω (plū́nō, “to wash, clean”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plý.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈply.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpli.ma/
Noun
πλῠ́μᾰ • (plŭ́mă) n (genitive πλῠ́μᾰτος); third declension
- water in which something has been washed
- washings, scum, residue of cinnabar
- (figuratively) low prostitute
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plŭ́mă |
τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plŭ́măte |
τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ plŭ́mătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος toû plŭ́mătos |
τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plŭmắtoin |
τῶν πλῠμᾰ́των tôn plŭmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλῠ́μᾰτῐ tōî plŭ́mătĭ |
τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plŭmắtoin |
τοῖς πλῠ́μᾰσῐ / πλῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs plŭ́măsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plŭ́mă |
τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plŭ́măte |
τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tằ plŭ́mătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλῠ́μᾰ plŭ́mă |
πλῠ́μᾰτε plŭ́măte |
πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ plŭ́mătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πλύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette