χρέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρέμπτομαι (khrémptomai, “to clear one's throat, cough”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrém.ma/ → /ˈxrem.ma/ → /ˈxre.ma/

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

Noun

χρέμμᾰ • (khrémma) n (genitive χρέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. spittle, expectoration

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χρέμμᾰ; τοῦ χρέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρέμμᾰ tò khrémma	τὼ χρέμμᾰτε tṑ khrémmate	τᾰ̀ χρέμμᾰτᾰ tà khrémmata
Genitive	τοῦ χρέμμᾰτος toû khrémmatos	τοῖν χρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn khremmátoin	τῶν χρεμμᾰ́των tôn khremmátōn
Dative	τῷ χρέμμᾰτῐ tôi khrémmati	τοῖν χρεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn khremmátoin	τοῖς χρέμμᾰσῐ / χρέμμᾰσῐν toîs khrémmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χρέμμᾰ tò khrémma	τὼ χρέμμᾰτε tṑ khrémmate	τᾰ̀ χρέμμᾰτᾰ tà khrémmata
Vocative	χρέμμᾰ khrémma	χρέμμᾰτε khrémmate	χρέμμᾰτᾰ khrémmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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