Ὑμήν
See also: ὑμήν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ῡ̔μᾱ́ν (Hūmā́n) — Doric
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyː.mɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈme̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈmin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈmin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈmin/
Proper noun
Ῡ̔μήν • (Hūmḗn) m (genitive Ῡ̔μένος); third declension
- Hymen or Hymenaios
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ῡ̔μήν ho Hūmḗn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ῡ̔μένος toû Hūménos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ῡ̔μένῐ tōî Hūménĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ῡ̔μένᾰ tòn Hūménă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῡ̔μήν / Ῡ̔μέν Hūmḗn / Hūmén | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ῡ̔μέναιος (Hūménaios)
Descendants
- Greek: Υμήν (Ymín), Υμένας (Yménas)
- Latin: Hymen
References
- “Ὑμήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013