νᾶμα

See also: νάμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νάω (náō, “flow”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nâː.ma/ → /ˈna.ma/ → /ˈna.ma/

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

Noun

νᾶμᾰ • (nâma) n (genitive νᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. Running water: fountain, stream, river, spring

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νᾶμᾰ; τοῦ νᾱ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νᾶμᾰ tò nâma	τὼ νᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ nā́mate	τᾰ̀ νᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà nā́mata
Genitive	τοῦ νᾱ́μᾰτος toû nā́matos	τοῖν νᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn nāmátoin	τῶν νᾱμᾰ́των tôn nāmátōn
Dative	τῷ νᾱ́μᾰτῐ tôi nā́mati	τοῖν νᾱμᾰ́τοιν toîn nāmátoin	τοῖς νᾱ́μᾰσῐ / νᾱ́μᾰσῐν toîs nā́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νᾶμᾰ tò nâma	τὼ νᾱ́μᾰτε tṑ nā́mate	τᾰ̀ νᾱ́μᾰτᾰ tà nā́mata
Vocative	νᾶμᾰ nâma	νᾱ́μᾰτε nā́mate	νᾱ́μᾰτᾰ nā́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “νᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νᾶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brook idem, page 101.
  • flood idem, page 329.
  • flow idem, page 329.
  • gush idem, page 379.
  • liquid idem, page 494.
  • rill idem, page 715.
  • shower idem, page 770.
  • spring idem, page 805.
  • stream idem, page 824.
  • water idem, page 967.