ἄθυρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθύρω (athúrō, “to play, sport (of children)”) and -μα (-ma, “abstact noun”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tʰyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θir.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tʰyr.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰyr.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θyr.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θyr.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θir.ma/

Noun

ἄθυρμᾰ • (áthurma) n (genitive ἀθύρμᾰτος); third declension

1. toy, plaything

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ; τοῦ ἀθύρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ tò áthurma	τὼ ἀθύρμᾰτε tṑ athúrmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ tà athúrmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀθύρμᾰτος toû athúrmatos	τοῖν ἀθυρμᾰ́τοιν toîn athurmátoin	τῶν ἀθυρμᾰ́των tôn athurmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀθύρμᾰτῐ tôi athúrmati	τοῖν ἀθυρμᾰ́τοιν toîn athurmátoin	τοῖς ἀθύρμᾰσῐ / ἀθύρμᾰσῐν toîs athúrmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ tò áthurma	τὼ ἀθύρμᾰτε tṑ athúrmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ tà athúrmata
Vocative	ἄθυρμᾰ áthurma	ἀθύρμᾰτε athúrmate	ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ athúrmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άθυρμα (áthyrma)

References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 861
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN