ὕσμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὕω (húō, “to rain”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hýz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)yz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈyz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈyz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈiz.ma/
Noun
ὕσμᾰ • (húsmă) n (genitive ὕσμᾰτος); third declension
- (in the plural) rain
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ῠ̔́σμᾰ tò hŭ́smă |
τὼ ῠ̔́σμᾰτε tṑ hŭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ tằ hŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῠ̔́σμᾰτος toû hŭ́smătos |
τοῖν ῠ̔σμᾰ́τοιν toîn hŭsmắtoin |
τῶν ῠ̔σμᾰ́των tôn hŭsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῠ̔́σμᾰτῐ tōî hŭ́smătĭ |
τοῖν ῠ̔σμᾰ́τοιν toîn hŭsmắtoin |
τοῖς ῠ̔́σμᾰσῐ / ῠ̔́σμᾰσῐν toîs hŭ́smăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ῠ̔́σμᾰ tò hŭ́smă |
τὼ ῠ̔́σμᾰτε tṑ hŭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ tằ hŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔́σμᾰ hŭ́smă |
ῠ̔́σμᾰτε hŭ́smăte |
ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ hŭ́smătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὕσμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὕσμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette