κύρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυρέω, κύρω (kuréō, kúrō, “to meet with, come upon, find”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýr.ma/ → /ˈcyr.ma/ → /ˈcir.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýr.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyr.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyr.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyr.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.ma/

Noun

κύρμᾰ • (kúrma) n (genitive κύρμᾰτος); third declension

1. booty, prey, spoil

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κύ̆ρμᾰ; τοῦ κῠ́ρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κύ̆ρμᾰ tò kúrma	τὼ κῠ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kúrmate	τᾰ̀ κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kúrmata
Genitive	τοῦ κῠ́ρμᾰτος toû kúrmatos	τοῖν κῠρμᾰ́τοιν toîn kurmátoin	τῶν κῠρμᾰ́των tôn kurmátōn
Dative	τῷ κῠ́ρμᾰτῐ tôi kúrmati	τοῖν κῠρμᾰ́τοιν toîn kurmátoin	τοῖς κῠ́ρμᾰσῐ / κῠ́ρμᾰσῐν toîs kúrmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κύ̆ρμᾰ tò kúrma	τὼ κῠ́ρμᾰτε tṑ kúrmate	τᾰ̀ κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ tà kúrmata
Vocative	κύ̆ρμᾰ kúrma	κῠ́ρμᾰτε kúrmate	κῠ́ρμᾰτᾰ kúrmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κύρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κύρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press