ὑπόζωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποζώννῡμι (hupozṓnnūmi, “to undergird; brace a ship”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑπόζωμᾰ • (hupózōmă) n (genitive ὑποζώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm, midriff
    Synonym: δῐᾰ́φρᾰγμᾰ (dĭắphrăgmă)
  2. (in insects) division between thorax and abdomen
  3. (in the plural) ropes or braces used to strengthen the hull of a trireme

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ; τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ
tò hupózōmă 		τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε
tṑ hupozṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ
tằ hupozṓmătă
Genitive τοῦ ὑποζώμᾰτος
toû hupozṓmătos 		τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupozōmắtoin 		τῶν ὑποζωμᾰ́των
tôn hupozōmắtōn
Dative τῷ ὑποζώμᾰτῐ
tōî hupozṓmătĭ 		τοῖν ὑποζωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupozōmắtoin 		τοῖς ὑποζώμᾰσῐ / ὑποζώμᾰσῐν
toîs hupozṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ὑπόζωμᾰ
tò hupózōmă 		τὼ ὑποζώμᾰτε
tṑ hupozṓmăte 		τᾰ̀ ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ
tằ hupozṓmătă
Vocative ὑπόζωμᾰ
hupózōmă 		ὑποζώμᾰτε
hupozṓmăte 		ὑποζώμᾰτᾰ
hupozṓmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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