ψύγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψύχω (psúkhō, “I chill”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ψύγμᾰ • (psúgmă) n (genitive ψύγμᾰτος); third declension

  1. A means of cooling
    1. (medicine) A cooling lotion, a cooling medicine
    2. A breath drawn, an inhalation
    3. A cold, chilling behaviour
    4. A chink, a fissure

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ; τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ
tò psŭ́gmă 		τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε
tṑ psŭ́gmăte 		τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ psŭ́gmătă
Genitive τοῦ ψῠ́γμᾰτος
toû psŭ́gmătos 		τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn psŭgmắtoin 		τῶν ψῠγμᾰ́των
tôn psŭgmắtōn
Dative τῷ ψῠ́γμᾰτῐ
tōî psŭ́gmătĭ 		τοῖν ψῠγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn psŭgmắtoin 		τοῖς ψῠ́γμᾰσῐ / ψῠ́γμᾰσῐν
toîs psŭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ψῠ́γμᾰ
tò psŭ́gmă 		τὼ ψῠ́γμᾰτε
tṑ psŭ́gmăte 		τᾰ̀ ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ psŭ́gmătă
Vocative ψῠ́γμᾰ
psŭ́gmă 		ψῠ́γμᾰτε
psŭ́gmăte 		ψῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
psŭ́gmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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