ῥόφημα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥοφέω (rhophéō, “to sup up”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ó.pʰɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈro.pʰe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈro.ɸi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈro.fi.ma/
Noun
ῥόφημᾰ • (rhóphēmă) n (genitive ῥοφήμᾰτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēmă |
τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tằ rhophḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῥοφήμᾰτος toû rhophḗmătos |
τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmắtoin |
τῶν ῥοφημᾰ́των tôn rhophēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῥοφήμᾰτῐ tōî rhophḗmătĭ |
τοῖν ῥοφημᾰ́τοιν toîn rhophēmắtoin |
τοῖς ῥοφήμᾰσῐ / ῥοφήμᾰσῐν toîs rhophḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ῥόφημᾰ tò rhóphēmă |
τὼ ῥοφήμᾰτε tṑ rhophḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ tằ rhophḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥόφημᾰ rhóphēmă |
ῥοφήμᾰτε rhophḗmăte |
ῥοφήμᾰτᾰ rhophḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥόφημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥόφημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette