ἴκμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἰκμάς (ikmás, “moisture”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ík.mɛː/ → /ˈik.mi/ → /ˈik.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ík.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈik.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈik.mi/

Noun

ἴκμη • (íkmē) f (genitive ἴκμης); first declension

1. common duckweed (Lemna minor)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἴκμη; τῆς ἴκμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἴκμη hē íkmē	τὼ ἴκμᾱ tṑ íkmā	αἱ ἴκμαι hai íkmai
Genitive	τῆς ἴκμης tês íkmēs	τοῖν ἴκμαιν toîn íkmain	τῶν ἰκμῶν tôn ikmôn
Dative	τῇ ἴκμῃ têi íkmēi	τοῖν ἴκμαιν toîn íkmain	ταῖς ἴκμαις taîs íkmais
Accusative	τὴν ἴκμην tḕn íkmēn	τὼ ἴκμᾱ tṑ íkmā	τᾱ̀ς ἴκμᾱς tā̀s íkmās
Vocative	ἴκμη íkmē	ἴκμᾱ íkmā	ἴκμαι íkmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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