τρῖμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίβω (tríbō, “I rub”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trîːm.ma/ → /ˈtrim.ma/ → /ˈtri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trîːm.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtrim.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtrim.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtrim.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ma/

Noun

τρῖμμᾰ • (trîmma) n (genitive τρῖμμᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is rubbed
   1. A practised knave
   2. A drink or brew prepared of pounded groats and spices
   3. A fragment, a scraping
   4. An abrasion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρῖμμᾰ; τοῦ τρῑ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῖμμᾰ tò trîmma	τὼ τρῑ́μμᾰτε tṑ trī́mmate	τᾰ̀ τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ tà trī́mmata
Genitive	τοῦ τρῑ́μμᾰτος toû trī́mmatos	τοῖν τρῑμμᾰ́τοιν toîn trīmmátoin	τῶν τρῑμμᾰ́των tôn trīmmátōn
Dative	τῷ τρῑ́μμᾰτῐ tôi trī́mmati	τοῖν τρῑμμᾰ́τοιν toîn trīmmátoin	τοῖς τρῑ́μμᾰσῐ / τρῑ́μμᾰσῐν toîs trī́mmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῖμμᾰ tò trîmma	τὼ τρῑ́μμᾰτε tṑ trī́mmate	τᾰ̀ τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ tà trī́mmata
Vocative	τρῖμμᾰ trîmma	τρῑ́μμᾰτε trī́mmate	τρῑ́μμᾰτᾰ trī́mmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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