ὄρυγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀρῠ́σσω (orŭ́ssō, “to dig”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄρῠγμᾰ • (órŭgmă) n (genitive ὀρῠ́γμᾰτος); third declension

  1. trench, ditch, moat
    Synonyms: κᾰ́πετος (kắpetos), τᾰ́φρος (tắphros)
  2. tunnel, mine, excavation
  3. (at Athens) pit into which condemned criminals were thrown
    Synonym: βᾰ́ρᾰθρον (bắrăthron)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄρῠγμᾰ; τοῦ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὄρῠγμᾰ
tò órŭgmă 		τὼ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτε
tṑ orŭ́gmăte 		τᾰ̀ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ orŭ́gmătă
Genitive τοῦ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτος
toû orŭ́gmătos 		τοῖν ὀρῠγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn orŭgmắtoin 		τῶν ὀρῠγμᾰ́των
tôn orŭgmắtōn
Dative τῷ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτῐ
tōî orŭ́gmătĭ 		τοῖν ὀρῠγμᾰ́τοιν
toîn orŭgmắtoin 		τοῖς ὀρῠ́γμᾰσῐ / ὀρῠ́γμᾰσῐν
toîs orŭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ὄρῠγμᾰ
tò órŭgmă 		τὼ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτε
tṑ orŭ́gmăte 		τᾰ̀ ὀρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
tằ orŭ́gmătă
Vocative ὄρῠγμᾰ
órŭgmă 		ὀρῠ́γμᾰτε
orŭ́gmăte 		ὀρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ
orŭ́gmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Orygma

Further reading

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