γεῦμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεύω (geúō, “to taste”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡêu̯.ma/ → /ˈʝeβ.ma/ → /ˈʝev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡêu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝeβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝev.ma/

Noun

γεῦμᾰ • (geûma) n (genitive γεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. taste, smack
   1. food

Declension

Third declension of τὸ γεῦμᾰ; τοῦ γεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γεῦμᾰ tò geûma	τὼ γεύμᾰτε tṑ geúmate	τᾰ̀ γεύμᾰτᾰ tà geúmata
Genitive	τοῦ γεύμᾰτος toû geúmatos	τοῖν γευμᾰ́τοιν toîn geumátoin	τῶν γευμᾰ́των tôn geumátōn
Dative	τῷ γεύμᾰτῐ tôi geúmati	τοῖν γευμᾰ́τοιν toîn geumátoin	τοῖς γεύμᾰσῐ / γεύμᾰσῐν toîs geúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γεῦμᾰ tò geûma	τὼ γεύμᾰτε tṑ geúmate	τᾰ̀ γεύμᾰτᾰ tà geúmata
Vocative	γεῦμᾰ geûma	γεύμᾰτε geúmate	γεύμᾰτᾰ geúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γεύμα (gévma)
• →? Old Georgian: გემოჲ (gemoy) (or from another Proto-Indo-European source) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “γεῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γεῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γεῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεῦμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)