νυγμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύσσω (nússō, “to prick, pierce”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nyŋ.mós/ → /nyɣˈmos/ → /niɣˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyŋ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyɡˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyɣˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyɣˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niɣˈmos/

Noun

νῠγμός • (nugmós) m (genitive νῠγμοῦ); second declension

1. pricking sensation, irritation
2. (figuratively) pricking of conscience

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ νῠγμός; τοῦ νῠγμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νῠγμός ho nugmós	τὼ νῠγμώ tṑ nugmṓ	οἱ νῠγμοί hoi nugmoí
Genitive	τοῦ νῠγμοῦ toû nugmoû	τοῖν νῠγμοῖν toîn nugmoîn	τῶν νῠγμῶν tôn nugmôn
Dative	τῷ νῠγμῷ tôi nugmôi	τοῖν νῠγμοῖν toîn nugmoîn	τοῖς νῠγμοῖς toîs nugmoîs
Accusative	τὸν νῠγμόν tòn nugmón	τὼ νῠγμώ tṑ nugmṓ	τοὺς νῠγμούς toùs nugmoús
Vocative	νῠγμέ nugmé	νῠγμώ nugmṓ	νῠγμοί nugmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: νυγμός (nygmós)

Further reading

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