ἀθήρωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθάρη (athárē, “groats, porridge”) +‎ -ωμᾰ (-ōma, “disease, tumor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.rɔː.ma/ → /aˈθi.ro.ma/ → /aˈθi.ro.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.tʰɛ̌ː.rɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtʰe̝.ro.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ro.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ro.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈθi.ro.ma/

Noun

ἀθήρωμα • (athḗrōma) n (genitive ἀθηρώματος); third declension

1. tumour

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἀθήρωμᾰ; τοῦ ἀθηρώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀθήρωμᾰ tò athḗrōma	τὼ ἀθηρώμᾰτε tṑ athērṓmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθηρώμᾰτᾰ tà athērṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀθηρώμᾰτος toû athērṓmatos	τοῖν ἀθηρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn athērōmátoin	τῶν ἀθηρωμᾰ́των tôn athērōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀθηρώμᾰτῐ tôi athērṓmati	τοῖν ἀθηρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn athērōmátoin	τοῖς ἀθηρώμᾰσῐ / ἀθηρώμᾰσῐν toîs athērṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀθήρωμᾰ tò athḗrōma	τὼ ἀθηρώμᾰτε tṑ athērṓmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθηρώμᾰτᾰ tà athērṓmata
Vocative	ἀθήρωμᾰ athḗrōma	ἀθηρώμᾰτε athērṓmate	ἀθηρώμᾰτᾰ athērṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: atheroma

Further reading

• “ἀθήρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀθήρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀθήρωμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)