ῥύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥῠ́πτω (rhŭ́ptō, “to cleanse; to wash”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă). Compare typologically σμῆμᾰ (smêmă) < σμᾰ́ω (smắō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥῠ́μμᾰ • (rhŭ́mmă) n (genitive ῥῠ́μμᾰτος); third declension

  1. anything used for washing: soap, lye, etc.
  2. sediment, dirt remaining from washing

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ
tò rhŭ́mmă 		τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε
tṑ rhŭ́mmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ
tằ rhŭ́mmătă
Genitive τοῦ ῥῠ́μμᾰτος
toû rhŭ́mmătos 		τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rhŭmmắtoin 		τῶν ῥῠμμᾰ́των
tôn rhŭmmắtōn
Dative τῷ ῥῠ́μμᾰτῐ
tōî rhŭ́mmătĭ 		τοῖν ῥῠμμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rhŭmmắtoin 		τοῖς ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐ / ῥῠ́μμᾰσῐν
toîs rhŭ́mmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ῥῠ́μμᾰ
tò rhŭ́mmă 		τὼ ῥῠ́μμᾰτε
tṑ rhŭ́mmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ
tằ rhŭ́mmătă
Vocative ῥῠ́μμᾰ
rhŭ́mmă 		ῥῠ́μμᾰτε
rhŭ́mmăte 		ῥῠ́μμᾰτᾰ
rhŭ́mmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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