ἄθυρμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀθῡ́ρω (athū́rō, “to play, sport (of children)”) +‎ -μα (-ma, “result or effect of an action”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tʰyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θir.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tʰyr.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰyr.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θyr.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θyr.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θir.ma/

Noun

ἄθυρμᾰ • (áthurma) n (genitive ἀθύρμᾰτος); third declension

1. toy, plaything

   Synonym: παίγνιον (paígnion)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ; τοῦ ἀθύρμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ tò áthurma	τὼ ἀθύρμᾰτε tṑ athúrmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ tà athúrmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀθύρμᾰτος toû athúrmatos	τοῖν ἀθυρμᾰ́τοιν toîn athurmátoin	τῶν ἀθυρμᾰ́των tôn athurmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀθύρμᾰτῐ tôi athúrmati	τοῖν ἀθυρμᾰ́τοιν toîn athurmátoin	τοῖς ἀθύρμᾰσῐ / ἀθύρμᾰσῐν toîs athúrmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἄθυρμᾰ tò áthurma	τὼ ἀθύρμᾰτε tṑ athúrmate	τᾰ̀ ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ tà athúrmata
Vocative	ἄθυρμᾰ áthurma	ἀθύρμᾰτε athúrmate	ἀθύρμᾰτᾰ athúrmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: άθυρμα (áthyrma) (learned)

Further reading

• “ἄθυρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄθυρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄθυρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄθυρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄθυρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄθυρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄθυρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter