θρέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed, to maintain”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrém.ma/ → /ˈθrem.ma/ → /ˈθre.ma/

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

Noun

θρέμμᾰ • (thrémma) n (genitive θρέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. nursling, creature
2. homeborn slave (translates Latin verna)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θρέμμᾰ; τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémma	τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmate	τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tà thrémmata
Genitive	τοῦ θρέμμᾰτος toû thrémmatos	τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmátoin	τῶν θρεμμᾰ́των tôn thremmátōn
Dative	τῷ θρέμμᾰτῐ tôi thrémmati	τοῖν θρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn thremmátoin	τοῖς θρέμμᾰσῐ / θρέμμᾰσῐν toîs thrémmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θρέμμᾰ tò thrémma	τὼ θρέμμᾰτε tṑ thrémmate	τᾰ̀ θρέμμᾰτᾰ tà thrémmata
Vocative	θρέμμᾰ thrémma	θρέμμᾰτε thrémmate	θρέμμᾰτᾰ thrémmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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