ἔγκαυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκαίω (enkaíō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡaβ.ma/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kaw.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡaβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡav.ma/

Noun

ἔγκαυμᾰ • (énkauma) n (genitive ἐγκαύμᾰτος); third declension

1. mark made by a branding iron, sore from burning
2. encaustic picture
3. (pathology) ulcer in the eye

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγκαύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ tò énkauma	τὼ ἐγκαύμᾰτε tṑ enkaúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ tà enkaúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκαύμᾰτος toû enkaúmatos	τοῖν ἐγκαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkaumátoin	τῶν ἐγκαυμᾰ́των tôn enkaumátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκαύμᾰτῐ tôi enkaúmati	τοῖν ἐγκαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkaumátoin	τοῖς ἐγκαύμᾰσῐ / ἐγκαύμᾰσῐν toîs enkaúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγκαυμᾰ tò énkauma	τὼ ἐγκαύμᾰτε tṑ enkaúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ tà enkaúmata
Vocative	ἔγκαυμᾰ énkauma	ἐγκαύμᾰτε enkaúmate	ἐγκαύμᾰτᾰ enkaúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: encauma

Further reading

• “ἔγκαυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔγκαυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκαυμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)