ὄνυμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.ny.ma/ → /ˈo.ny.ma/ → /ˈo.ni.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.ny.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ny.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ny.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ny.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ni.ma/

Noun

ὄνῠμᾰ • (ónuma) n (genitive ὀνῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ (ónoma)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ; τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος toû onúmatos	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τῶν ὀνῠμᾰ́των tôn onumátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi onúmati	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τοῖς ὀνῠμᾰ́τεσσῐ / ὀνῠμᾰ́τεσσῐν toîs onumátessi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Vocative	ὄνῠμᾰ ónuma	ὀνῠ́μᾰτε onúmate	ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ onúmata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ; τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος (Aeolic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος toû onúmatos	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τῶν ὀνῠμᾰ́των tôn onumátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi onúmati	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τοῖς ὀνῠ́μᾰσῐ / ὀνῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs onúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Vocative	ὄνῠμᾰ ónuma	ὀνῠ́μᾰτε onúmate	ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ onúmata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ; τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος (Laconian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῠ́μᾰτος toû onúmatos	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τῶν ὀνῠμᾰ́των tôn onumátōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi onúmati	τοῖν ὀνῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn onumátoin	τοῖς ὀνῠ́μᾰσῐ / ὀνῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs onúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὄνῠμᾰ tò ónuma	τὼ ὀνῠ́μᾰτε tṑ onúmate	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà onúmata
Vocative	ὄνῠμᾰ ónuma	ὀνῠ́μᾰτε onúmate	ὀνῠ́μᾰτᾰ onúmata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos)
• Ἀριστώνυμος (Aristṓnumos)
• ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos)
• ἑτερώνυμος (heterṓnumos)
• Ἱερώνυμος (Hierṓnumos)
• Κλεώνυμος (Kleṓnumos)
• ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnumos)
• παρώνυμος (parṓnumos)
• ψευδώνῠμος (pseudṓnumos)

 

Descendants

• English: -onym

Further reading

• “ὄνυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄνυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ὄνυμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter