εὕρημα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.βri.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/
Noun
editεὕρημᾰ • (heúrēma) n (genitive εὑρήμᾰτος); third declension
- An invention, a discovery (not by chance but by thought)
- An invention, for or against things, a remedy
- An excuse
- That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall
- A foundling
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēma |
τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmate |
τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tà heurḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος toû heurḗmatos |
τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmátoin |
τῶν εὑρημᾰ́των tôn heurēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ εὑρήμᾰτῐ tôi heurḗmati |
τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmátoin |
τοῖς εὑρήμᾰσῐ / εὑρήμᾰσῐν toîs heurḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēma |
τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmate |
τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tà heurḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | εὕρημᾰ heúrēma |
εὑρήμᾰτε heurḗmate |
εὑρήμᾰτᾰ heurḗmata | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “εὕρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὕρημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette