ὄμειχμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄμιχμα (ómikhma)

Etymology

From ὀμείχω (omeíkhō, “to make water”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.meːkʰ.ma/ → /ˈo.mix.ma/ → /ˈo.mix.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.meːkʰ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mikʰ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mix.ma/

Noun

ὄμειχμᾰ • (ómeikhma) n (genitive ὀμείχμᾰτος); third declension

1. urine

   Synonym: οὖρον (oûron)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ; τοῦ ὀμείχμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ tò ómeikhma	τὼ ὀμείχμᾰτε tṑ omeíkhmate	τᾰ̀ ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ tà omeíkhmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀμείχμᾰτος toû omeíkhmatos	τοῖν ὀμειχμᾰ́τοιν toîn omeikhmátoin	τῶν ὀμειχμᾰ́των tôn omeikhmátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀμείχμᾰτῐ tôi omeíkhmati	τοῖν ὀμειχμᾰ́τοιν toîn omeikhmátoin	τοῖς ὀμείχμᾰσῐ / ὀμείχμᾰσῐν toîs omeíkhmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄμειχμᾰ tò ómeikhma	τὼ ὀμείχμᾰτε tṑ omeíkhmate	τᾰ̀ ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ tà omeíkhmata
Vocative	ὄμειχμᾰ ómeikhma	ὀμείχμᾰτε omeíkhmate	ὀμείχμᾰτᾰ omeíkhmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὄμειχμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄμειχμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette