ἰκμάς

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to filter”) and cognate with Old English sēon (“to filter”), Russian сцать (scatʹ, “to piss”) and Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcáti, “to pour”). Beekes suggests *seyk- as the original root.

ἰκμᾰ́ς • (ikmắs) f (genitive ἰκμᾰ́δος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ ἰκμᾰ́ς; τῆς ἰκμᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰκμᾰ́ς hē ikmắs	τὼ ἰκμᾰ́δε tṑ ikmắde	αἱ ἰκμᾰ́δες hai ikmắdes
Genitive	τῆς ἰκμᾰ́δος tês ikmắdos	τοῖν ἰκμᾰ́δοιν toîn ikmắdoin	τῶν ἰκμᾰ́δων tôn ikmắdōn
Dative	τῇ ἰκμᾰ́δῐ tēî ikmắdĭ	τοῖν ἰκμᾰ́δοιν toîn ikmắdoin	ταῖς ἰκμᾰ́σῐ / ἰκμᾰ́σῐν taîs ikmắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰκμᾰ́δᾰ tḕn ikmắdă	τὼ ἰκμᾰ́δε tṑ ikmắde	τᾱ̀ς ἰκμᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s ikmắdăs
Vocative	ἰκμᾰ́ς ikmắs	ἰκμᾰ́δε ikmắde	ἰκμᾰ́δες ikmắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.