ἐμπύημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐμπυέω (empuéō, “to suppurate”) +‎ -μα (-ma, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pý.ɛː.ma/ → /emˈpy.i.ma/ → /emˈbi.i.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pý.ɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.e̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.i.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpy.i.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbi.i.ma/

Noun

ἐμπύημᾰ • (empúēma) n (genitive ἐμπυήμᾰτος); third declension

1. (medicine) Gathering or abscess, especially internal, of the kidneys or the chest.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐμπύημᾰ; τοῦ ἐμπυήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμπύημᾰ tò empúēma	τὼ ἐμπυήμᾰτε tṑ empuḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμπυήμᾰτᾰ tà empuḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπυήμᾰτος toû empuḗmatos	τοῖν ἐμπυημᾰ́τοιν toîn empuēmátoin	τῶν ἐμπυημᾰ́των tôn empuēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπυήμᾰτῐ tôi empuḗmati	τοῖν ἐμπυημᾰ́τοιν toîn empuēmátoin	τοῖς ἐμπυήμᾰσῐ / ἐμπυήμᾰσῐν toîs empuḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐμπύημᾰ tò empúēma	τὼ ἐμπυήμᾰτε tṑ empuḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐμπυήμᾰτᾰ tà empuḗmata
Vocative	ἐμπύημᾰ empúēma	ἐμπυήμᾰτε empuḗmate	ἐμπυήμᾰτᾰ empuḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: empyema

References

• “ἐμπύημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμπύημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμπύημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)