ὕσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕω (húō, “to rain”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hýz.ma/ → /ˈyz.ma/ → /ˈiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)yz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈiz.ma/

Noun

ὕσμᾰ • (húsma) n (genitive ὕσμᾰτος); third declension

1. (in the plural) rain

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῠ̔́σμᾰ; τοῦ ῠ̔́σμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῠ̔́σμᾰ tò húsma	τὼ ῠ̔́σμᾰτε tṑ húsmate	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ tà húsmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔́σμᾰτος toû húsmatos	τοῖν ῠ̔σμᾰ́τοιν toîn husmátoin	τῶν ῠ̔σμᾰ́των tôn husmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔́σμᾰτῐ tôi húsmati	τοῖν ῠ̔σμᾰ́τοιν toîn husmátoin	τοῖς ῠ̔́σμᾰσῐ / ῠ̔́σμᾰσῐν toîs húsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῠ̔́σμᾰ tò húsma	τὼ ῠ̔́σμᾰτε tṑ húsmate	τᾰ̀ ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ tà húsmata
Vocative	ῠ̔́σμᾰ húsma	ῠ̔́σμᾰτε húsmate	ῠ̔́σμᾰτᾰ húsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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