πύματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), and often compared with Sanskrit पुनर् (púnar, “back, again”),^[1] but Beekes is skeptical.^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.ma.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ma.tos/

Adjective

πύμᾰτος • (púmătos) m (feminine πῠμάτη, neuter πύμᾰτον); first/second declension

Declension

First and second declension of πῠ́μᾰτος; πῠμᾰ́τη; πῠ́μᾰτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πῠ́μᾰτος pŭ́mătos	πῠμᾰ́τη pŭmắtē	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠ́μᾰτοι pŭ́mătoi	πῠ́μᾰται pŭ́mătai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Genitive	πῠμᾰ́του pŭmắtou	πῠμᾰ́της pŭmắtēs	πῠμᾰ́του pŭmắtou	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pŭmắtain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn	πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn	πῠμᾰ́των pŭmắtōn
Dative	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pŭmắtōi	πῠμᾰ́τῃ pŭmắtēi	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pŭmắtōi	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pŭmắtain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pŭmắtoin	πῠμᾰ́τοις pŭmắtois	πῠμᾰ́ταις pŭmắtais	πῠμᾰ́τοις pŭmắtois
Accusative	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton	πῠμᾰ́την pŭmắtēn	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τους pŭmắtous	πῠμᾰ́τᾱς pŭmắtās	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Vocative	πῠ́μᾰτε pŭ́măte	πῠμᾰ́τη pŭmắtē	πῠ́μᾰτον pŭ́măton	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pŭmắtā	πῠμᾰ́τω pŭmắtō	πῠ́μᾰτοι pŭ́mătoi	πῠ́μᾰται pŭ́mătai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ pŭ́mătă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πύμᾰτον / πύμᾰτᾰ púmăton / púmătă			πῠμᾰτώτερος pŭmătṓteros			πῠμᾰτώτᾰτος pŭmătṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pu”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 55
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1257