θῦμα

See also: θύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θύω (thúō, “to offer, sacrifice”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰŷː.ma/ → /ˈθy.ma/ → /ˈθi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰŷː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.ma/

Noun

θῦμᾰ • (thûma) n (genitive θύμᾰτος); third declension

1. victim, sacrifice (especially animals)
   1. (in the plural) animals slaughtered for food
2. act of sacrifice

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θῦμᾰ; τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θῦμᾰ tò thûma	τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε tṑ thū́mate	τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà thū́mata
Genitive	τοῦ θῡ́μᾰτος toû thū́matos	τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmátoin	τῶν θῡμᾰ́των tôn thūmátōn
Dative	τῷ θῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi thū́mati	τοῖν θῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn thūmátoin	τοῖς θῡ́μᾰσῐ / θῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs thū́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θῦμᾰ tò thûma	τὼ θῡ́μᾰτε tṑ thū́mate	τᾰ̀ θῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà thū́mata
Vocative	θῦμᾰ thûma	θῡ́μᾰτε thū́mate	θῡ́μᾰτᾰ thū́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: θύμα (thýma)

Further reading

• “θῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette