λύμη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈly.mi/ → /ˈli.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mi/

Noun

λῡ́μη • (lū́mē) f (genitive λῡ́μης); first declension

1. brutal outrage
2. maltreatment, defilement
3. maiming
4. (in the plural) outrages, indignities

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῡ́μη; τῆς λῡ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῡ́μη hē lū́mē	τὼ λῡ́μᾱ tṑ lū́mā	αἱ λῦμαι hai lûmai
Genitive	τῆς λῡ́μης tês lū́mēs	τοῖν λῡ́μαιν toîn lū́main	τῶν λῡμῶν tôn lūmôn
Dative	τῇ λῡ́μῃ têi lū́mēi	τοῖν λῡ́μαιν toîn lū́main	ταῖς λῡ́μαις taîs lū́mais
Accusative	τὴν λῡ́μην tḕn lū́mēn	τὼ λῡ́μᾱ tṑ lū́mā	τᾱ̀ς λῡ́μᾱς tā̀s lū́mās
Vocative	λῡ́μη lū́mē	λῡ́μᾱ lū́mā	λῦμαι lûmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: λύμη (lými) (learned)

References

• “λύμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press