κλύσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash, to purge”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klýz.ma/ → /ˈklyz.ma/ → /ˈkliz.ma/

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

Noun

κλύσμᾰ • (klúsma) n (genitive κλύσμᾰτος); third declension

1. A liquid used for washing out, especially a clyster, a drench
2. A place washed by the waves

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ; τοῦ κλῠ́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ tò klúsma	τὼ κλῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ klúsmate	τᾰ̀ κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà klúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ κλῠ́σμᾰτος toû klúsmatos	τοῖν κλῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klusmátoin	τῶν κλῠσμᾰ́των tôn klusmátōn
Dative	τῷ κλῠ́σμᾰτῐ tôi klúsmati	τοῖν κλῠσμᾰ́τοιν toîn klusmátoin	τοῖς κλῠ́σμᾰσῐ / κλῠ́σμᾰσῐν toîs klúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλῠ́σμᾰ tò klúsma	τὼ κλῠ́σμᾰτε tṑ klúsmate	τᾰ̀ κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ tà klúsmata
Vocative	κλῠ́σμᾰ klúsma	κλῠ́σμᾰτε klúsmate	κλῠ́σμᾰτᾰ klúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἔνεμα (énema)

Further reading

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