οἴδημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.dɛː.ma/ → /ˈy.ði.ma/ → /ˈi.ði.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.dɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.de̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ði.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ði.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ði.ma/

Noun

οἴδημᾰ • (oídēma) n (genitive οἴδημᾰτος); third declension

1. (medicine) A swelling, a tumour

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ οἴδημᾰ; τοῦ οἰδήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οἴδημᾰ tò oídēma	τὼ οἰδήμᾰτε tṑ oidḗmate	τᾰ̀ οἰδήμᾰτᾰ tà oidḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ οἰδήμᾰτος toû oidḗmatos	τοῖν οἰδημᾰ́τοιν toîn oidēmátoin	τῶν οἰδημᾰ́των tôn oidēmátōn
Dative	τῷ οἰδήμᾰτῐ tôi oidḗmati	τοῖν οἰδημᾰ́τοιν toîn oidēmátoin	τοῖς οἰδήμᾰσῐ / οἰδήμᾰσῐν toîs oidḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ οἴδημᾰ tò oídēma	τὼ οἰδήμᾰτε tṑ oidḗmate	τᾰ̀ οἰδήμᾰτᾰ tà oidḗmata
Vocative	οἴδημᾰ oídēma	οἰδήμᾰτε oidḗmate	οἰδήμᾰτᾰ oidḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• οἰδημάτιον (oidēmátion)

Descendants

• English: edema

Further reading

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