Ὑμήν

See also: ὑμήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ῡ̔μᾱ́ν (Hūmā́n) — Doric

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.mɛ̌ːn/ → /yˈmin/ → /iˈmin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.mɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈme̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈmin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈmin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmin/

Proper noun

Ῡ̔μήν • (Hūmḗn) m (genitive Ῡ̔μένος); third declension

1. Hymen or Hymenaios

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ῡ̔μήν; τοῦ Ῡ̔μένος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῡ̔μήν ho Hūmḗn
Genitive	τοῦ Ῡ̔μένος toû Hūménos
Dative	τῷ Ῡ̔μένῐ tôi Hūméni
Accusative	τὸν Ῡ̔μένᾰ tòn Hūména
Vocative	Ῡ̔μήν / Ῡ̔μέν Hūmḗn / Hūmén
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ῡ̔μέναιος (Hūménaios)

Descendants

• Greek: Υμήν (Ymín), Υμένας (Yménas)
• Latin: Hymen

References

• “Ὑμήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013