ἐρύθημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἐρυθαίνω (eruthaínō, “to dye red, make blush”) and ἔρευθος (éreuthos, “redness, flush”) +‎ -μα (-ma). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rý.tʰɛː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈry.tʰe̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈry.θi.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈry.θi.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.θi.ma/

Noun

ἐρύθημᾰ • (erúthēmă) n (genitive ἐρυθήμᾰτος); third declension

redness on the skin, blush
redness (in general)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἐρῠ́θημᾰ; τοῦ ἐρῠθήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῠ́θημᾰ tò erŭ́thēmă	τὼ ἐρῠθήμᾰτε tṑ erŭthḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠθήμᾰτᾰ tằ erŭthḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῠθήμᾰτος toû erŭthḗmătos	τοῖν ἐρῠθημᾰ́τοιν toîn erŭthēmắtoin	τῶν ἐρῠθημᾰ́των tôn erŭthēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῠθήμᾰτῐ tōî erŭthḗmătĭ	τοῖν ἐρῠθημᾰ́τοιν toîn erŭthēmắtoin	τοῖς ἐρῠθήμᾰσῐ / ἐρῠθήμᾰσῐν toîs erŭthḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῠ́θημᾰ tò erŭ́thēmă	τὼ ἐρῠθήμᾰτε tṑ erŭthḗmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐρῠθήμᾰτᾰ tằ erŭthḗmătă
Vocative	ἐρῠ́θημᾰ erŭ́thēmă	ἐρῠθήμᾰτε erŭthḗmăte	ἐρῠθήμᾰτᾰ erŭthḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: erythēma
- → Dutch: erytheem
- → English: erythema
- → German: Erythem
- → Italian: eritema
- → Portuguese: eritema
- → Spanish: eritema