ἐμπύρευμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπῠρεύω (empureúō, “to set aglow, kindle”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pý.reu̯.ma/ → /emˈpy.reβ.ma/ → /emˈbi.rev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pý.reu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.rew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.reβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.rev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbi.rev.ma/

Noun

ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ • (empúreuma) n (genitive ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. live coal covered with ashes, so as to allow of the fire being rekindled

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ; τοῦ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ tò empúreuma	τὼ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε tṑ empureúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ tà empureúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτος toû empureúmatos	τοῖν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́τοιν toîn empureumátoin	τῶν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́των tôn empureumátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτῐ tôi empureúmati	τοῖν ἐμπῠρευμᾰ́τοιν toîn empureumátoin	τοῖς ἐμπῠρεύμᾰσῐ / ἐμπῠρεύμᾰσῐν toîs empureúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ tò empúreuma	τὼ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε tṑ empureúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ tà empureúmata
Vocative	ἐμπῠ́ρευμᾰ empúreuma	ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτε empureúmate	ἐμπῠρεύμᾰτᾰ empureúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: empyreuma

Further reading

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