ὑμήν

See also Ὑμήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *syuh₁-. Cognates include Sanskrit स्यूमन् (syū́man), Old Prussian schumeno, and Hittite šumanza.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hymɛ͜ɛ́n/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hyméːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ymín/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ymín/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /imín/

Noun

ὑμήν (genitive ὑμένος) m, third declension; (humēn)

1. Thin skin, membrane.

Inflection

Third declension of ὑμήν, ὑμένος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑμήν	τὼ ὑμένε	οἱ ὑμένες
Genitive	τοῦ ὑμένος	τοῖν ὑμένοιν	τῶν ὑμένων
Dative	τῷ ὑμένῐ	τοῖν ὑμένοιν	τοῖς ὑμεῖσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν ὑμένᾰ	τὼ ὑμένε	τοὺς ὑμένᾰς
Vocative	ὑμήν	ὑμένε	ὑμένες

References

• LSJ
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)