νίμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νίζω (nízō, “to wash”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nímm.ma/ → /ˈnimm.ma/ → /ˈni.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nímm.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnimm.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ma/

Noun

νίμμᾰ • (nímma) n (genitive νίμμᾰτος); third declension

1. water for washing

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ; τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nímma	τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nímmate	τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tà nímmata
Genitive	τοῦ νῐ́μμᾰτος toû nímmatos	τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nimmátoin	τῶν νῐμμᾰ́των tôn nimmátōn
Dative	τῷ νῐ́μμᾰτῐ tôi nímmati	τοῖν νῐμμᾰ́τοιν toîn nimmátoin	τοῖς νῐ́μμᾰσῐ / νῐ́μμᾰσῐν toîs nímmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νῐ́μμᾰ tò nímma	τὼ νῐ́μμᾰτε tṑ nímmate	τᾰ̀ νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ tà nímmata
Vocative	νῐ́μμᾰ nímma	νῐ́μμᾰτε nímmate	νῐ́μμᾰτᾰ nímmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νίμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νίμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette