κλαῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλαίω (klaíō, “to cry, to wail”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klâu̯.ma/ → /ˈklaβ.ma/ → /ˈklav.ma/

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

Noun

κλαῦμᾰ • (klaûma) n (genitive κλαύμᾰτος); third declension

1. (in the plural) weeping, wailing
2. (in the plural) troubles, misfortunes

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κλαῦμᾰ; τοῦ κλαύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûma	τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmate	τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tà klaúmata
Genitive	τοῦ κλαύμᾰτος toû klaúmatos	τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumátoin	τῶν κλαυμᾰ́των tôn klaumátōn
Dative	τῷ κλαύμᾰτῐ tôi klaúmati	τοῖν κλαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn klaumátoin	τοῖς κλαύμᾰσῐ / κλαύμᾰσῐν toîs klaúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλαῦμᾰ tò klaûma	τὼ κλαύμᾰτε tṑ klaúmate	τᾰ̀ κλαύμᾰτᾰ tà klaúmata
Vocative	κλαῦμᾰ klaûma	κλαύμᾰτε klaúmate	κλαύμᾰτᾰ klaúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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