χναῦμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χναύω (khnaúō, “to gnaw off, nibble”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰnâu̯.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰnaw.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxnaβ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxnav.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxnav.ma/
Noun
χναῦμᾰ • (khnaûmă) n (genitive χναύμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χναῦμᾰ tò khnaûmă |
τὼ χναύμᾰτε tṑ khnaúmăte |
τᾰ̀ χναύμᾰτᾰ tằ khnaúmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χναύμᾰτος toû khnaúmătos |
τοῖν χναυμᾰ́τοιν toîn khnaumắtoin |
τῶν χναυμᾰ́των tôn khnaumắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χναύμᾰτῐ tōî khnaúmătĭ |
τοῖν χναυμᾰ́τοιν toîn khnaumắtoin |
τοῖς χναύμᾰσῐ / χναύμᾰσῐν toîs khnaúmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χναῦμᾰ tò khnaûmă |
τὼ χναύμᾰτε tṑ khnaúmăte |
τᾰ̀ χναύμᾰτᾰ tằ khnaúmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χναῦμᾰ khnaûmă |
χναύμᾰτε khnaúmăte |
χναύμᾰτᾰ khnaúmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χναῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χναῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette