πλύμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλῠ́σμᾰ (plúsma)

Etymology

From πλῡ́νω (plū́nō, “to wash, clean”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plý.ma/ → /ˈply.ma/ → /ˈpli.ma/

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

Noun

πλῠ́μᾰ • (plúma) n (genitive πλῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. water in which something has been washed
2. washings, scum, residue of cinnabar
3. (figuratively) low prostitute

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plúma	τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plúmate	τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà plúmata
Genitive	τοῦ πλῠ́μᾰτος toû plúmatos	τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plumátoin	τῶν πλῠμᾰ́των tôn plumátōn
Dative	τῷ πλῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi plúmati	τοῖν πλῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn plumátoin	τοῖς πλῠ́μᾰσῐ / πλῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs plúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ πλῠ́μᾰ tò plúma	τὼ πλῠ́μᾰτε tṑ plúmate	τᾰ̀ πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà plúmata
Vocative	πλῠ́μᾰ plúma	πλῠ́μᾰτε plúmate	πλῠ́μᾰτᾰ plúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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