ῥυθμός

See also: ρυθμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥῠσμός (rhŭsmós) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s, ultimately from *srew- (“to flow”). Related to ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥῠθμός • (rhŭthmós) m (genitive ῥῠθμοῦ); second declension

  1. a repeating, regular motion, vibration
  2. measured motion, rhythm
  3. measure, proportion, symmetry
  4. proportion, arrangement, order
  5. state, condition
  6. form, shape
  7. manner, fashion

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ῥῠθμός; τοῦ ῥῠθμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥῠθμός
ho rhŭthmós 		τὼ ῥῠθμώ
tṑ rhŭthmṓ 		οἱ ῥῠθμοί
hoi rhŭthmoí
Genitive τοῦ ῥῠθμοῦ
toû rhŭthmoû 		τοῖν ῥῠθμοῖν
toîn rhŭthmoîn 		τῶν ῥῠθμῶν
tôn rhŭthmôn
Dative τῷ ῥῠθμῷ
tōî rhŭthmōî 		τοῖν ῥῠθμοῖν
toîn rhŭthmoîn 		τοῖς ῥῠθμοῖς
toîs rhŭthmoîs
Accusative τὸν ῥῠθμόν
tòn rhŭthmón 		τὼ ῥῠθμώ
tṑ rhŭthmṓ 		τοὺς ῥῠθμούς
toùs rhŭthmoús
Vocative ῥῠθμέ
rhŭthmé 		ῥῠθμώ
rhŭthmṓ 		ῥῠθμοί
rhŭthmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἄρρυθμος (árrhuthmos, “arhythmic”)
  • ἐν ῥυθμῷ (en rhuthmōî, “in time”)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥυθμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1293

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