ῥηγμίν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) — alternative reconstruction of nominative singular

Etymology

From ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛːŋ.mǐːn/ → /riɣˈmin/ → /riɣˈmin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛːŋ.mǐːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /re̝ɡˈmin/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /riɣˈmin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /riɣˈmin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /riɣˈmin/

Noun

ῥηγμῑ́ν • (rhēgmī́n) f (genitive ῥηγμῖνος); third declension

1. (Epic) surf, breakers (waves breaking into foam)
2. (Epic) shore, beach

Declension

The nominative singular is not attested; both ῥηγμίν (rhēgmín) and ῥηγμίς (rhēgmís) have been reconstructed.

Third declension of ἡ ῥηγμίν; τῆς ῥηγμῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥηγμίν / ῥηγμίς hē rhēgmín / rhēgmís	αἱ ῥηγμῖνες hai rhēgmînes
Genitive	τῆς ῥηγμῖνος tês rhēgmînos	τῶν ῥηγμῑ́νων tôn rhēgmī́nōn
Dative	τῇ ῥηγμῖνῐ têi rhēgmîni	ταῖς ῥηγμῖσῐ / ῥηγμῖσῐν taîs rhēgmîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥηγμῖνᾰ tḕn rhēgmîna	τᾱ̀ς ῥηγμῖνᾰς tā̀s rhēgmînas
Vocative	ῥηγμίν / ῥηγμίς rhēgmín / rhēgmís	ῥηγμῖνες rhēgmînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥηγμίν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥηγμίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ῥηγμίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • breaker idem, page 96.
  • shore idem, page 768.
  • surf idem, page 843.
  • wave idem, page 967.