κροῦμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κροῦσμα (kroûsma)

Etymology

From κρούω (kroúō, “I beat, I strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krûː.ma/ → /ˈkru.ma/ → /ˈkru.ma/

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

Noun

κροῦμα • (kroûma) n (genitive κροῦμᾰτος); third declension

1. A beat, a stroke
2. A sound produced by stiking stringed instruments, a note

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κροῦμᾰ; τοῦ κρούμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûma	τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmate	τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tà kroúmata
Genitive	τοῦ κρούμᾰτος toû kroúmatos	τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumátoin	τῶν κρουμᾰ́των tôn kroumátōn
Dative	τῷ κρούμᾰτῐ tôi kroúmati	τοῖν κρουμᾰ́τοιν toîn kroumátoin	τοῖς κρούμᾰσῐ / κρούμᾰσῐν toîs kroúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κροῦμᾰ tò kroûma	τὼ κρούμᾰτε tṑ kroúmate	τᾰ̀ κρούμᾰτᾰ tà kroúmata
Vocative	κροῦμᾰ kroûma	κρούμᾰτε kroúmate	κρούμᾰτᾰ kroúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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