ῥηγμίν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) — alternative reconstruction of nominative singular

Etymology

From ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥηγμῑ́ν • (rhēgmī́n) f (genitive ῥηγμῖνος); third declension

  1. (Epic) surf, breakers (waves breaking into foam)
  2. (Epic) shore, beach

Declension

The nominative singular is not attested; both ῥηγμίν (rhēgmín) and ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) have been reconstructed.

Third declension of ἡ ῥηγμίν; τῆς ῥηγμῖνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥηγμίν / ῥηγμίς
hē rhēgmín / rhēgmís 		αἱ ῥηγμῖνες
hai rhēgmînes
Genitive τῆς ῥηγμῖνος
tês rhēgmînos 		τῶν ῥηγμῑ́νων
tôn rhēgmī́nōn
Dative τῇ ῥηγμῖνῐ
tēî rhēgmînĭ 		ταῖς ῥηγμῖσῐ / ῥηγμῖσῐν
taîs rhēgmîsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥηγμῖνᾰ
tḕn rhēgmînă 		τᾱ̀ς ῥηγμῖνᾰς
tā̀s rhēgmînăs
Vocative ῥηγμίν / ῥηγμίς
rhēgmín / rhēgmís 		ῥηγμῖνες
rhēgmînes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

  • “ῥηγμίν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ῥηγμίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ῥηγμίν”, 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.
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