ῥῆμα

See also: ρήμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From εἴρω (eírō, to say) +‎ -μα (-ma).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ῥῆμα • (rhêman (genitive ῥήματος); third declension

    1. word, saying, statement
    2. topic, subject matter
    3. phrase, sentence
    4. (grammar) verb

    Inflection

    Hyponyms

    • (grammar): ἐνεργητικὸν ῥῆμα (energētikòn rhêma, active verb), ἐπίμεσον ῥῆμα (epímeson rhêma, middle verb), παθητικὸν ῥῆμα (pathētikòn rhêma, passive verb)

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: rheme
    • French: rhème
    • Greek: ρήμα (ríma, verb)
    • German: Rhema
    • Latin: verbum (verb) (semantic loan)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ῥῆμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1283

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