αἷμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [há͜ɪ̀ma]
• (Koine): IPA: [hˈɛːma]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [ˈema]

Noun

αἷμα (genitive αἵματος) n, third declension; (haima)

1. blood.

Inflection

Third declension of αἷμᾰ, αἵμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τό αἷμᾰ	τώ αἵμᾰτε	τά αἵμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ αἵμᾰτος	τοῖν αἱμάτοιν	τῶν αἱμάτων
Dative	τῷ αἵμᾰτῐ	τοῖν αἱμάτοιν	τοῖς αἵμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τό αἷμᾰ	τώ αἵμᾰτε	τά αἵμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	αἷμᾰ	αἵμᾰτε	αἵμᾰτᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: αίμα
• English: hæmal
• English: leukemia

References

• αἷμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Strong’s concordance number: G129