ἰχθυῆμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ (ĭkhthŭ́ā) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.ɛ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikʰ.tʰyˈe̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ix.θyˈi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ix.θyˈi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ix.θiˈi.ma/
Noun
ῐ̓χθῠῆμᾰ • (ĭkhthŭêmă) n (genitive ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτος); third declension
- (chiefly in the plural) a fishscale
- (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) scrapings, shavings
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Ulcers 21:
- καὶ τοῦ ἰχθυήματος μοῖρα
- kaì toû ikhthuḗmatos moîra
- and the portion of the scrapings
- καὶ τοῦ ἰχθυήματος μοῖρα
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ῐ̓χθῠῆμᾰ tò ĭkhthŭêmă |
τὼ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτε tṑ ĭkhthŭḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτᾰ tằ ĭkhthŭḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτος toû ĭkhthŭḗmătos |
τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠημᾰ́τοιν toîn ĭkhthŭēmắtoin |
τῶν ῐ̓χθῠημᾰ́των tôn ĭkhthŭēmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτῐ tōî ĭkhthŭḗmătĭ |
τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠημᾰ́τοιν toîn ĭkhthŭēmắtoin |
τοῖς ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰσῐ / ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰσῐν toîs ĭkhthŭḗmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ῐ̓χθῠῆμᾰ tò ĭkhthŭêmă |
τὼ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτε tṑ ĭkhthŭḗmăte |
τᾰ̀ ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτᾰ tằ ĭkhthŭḗmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓χθῠῆμᾰ ĭkhthŭêmă |
ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτε ĭkhthŭḗmăte |
ῐ̓χθῠήμᾰτᾰ ĭkhthŭḗmătă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἰχθῠ-ήματα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1901–1906), “ἰχθυήματα”, in Moschos, Xenofon, transl., Konstantinidis, Michael, editor, Μέγα λεξικόν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the Greek Language] (overall work in Katharevousa), Athens: Anestis Konstantinidis, translation of original in English, with supplement
- ἰχθυήματα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011