ῥῆγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ːŋ.ma/ → /ˈriɣ.ma/ → /ˈriɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ːŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈre̝ɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈriɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈriɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈriɣ.ma/

Noun

ῥῆγμα • (rhêgma) n (genitive ῥήγματος); third declension

1. breakage, fracture
2. laceration, rupture
3. rent, tear in clothes
4. cleft, chasm
5. (medicine) lesion or rupture of tissue

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥῆγμᾰ; τοῦ ῥήγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥῆγμᾰ tò rhêgma	τὼ ῥήγμᾰτε tṑ rhḗgmate	τᾰ̀ ῥήγμᾰτᾰ tà rhḗgmata
Genitive	τοῦ ῥήγμᾰτος toû rhḗgmatos	τοῖν ῥηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhēgmátoin	τῶν ῥηγμᾰ́των tôn rhēgmátōn
Dative	τῷ ῥήγμᾰτῐ tôi rhḗgmati	τοῖν ῥηγμᾰ́τοιν toîn rhēgmátoin	τοῖς ῥήγμᾰσῐ / ῥήγμᾰσῐν toîs rhḗgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥῆγμᾰ tò rhêgma	τὼ ῥήγμᾰτε tṑ rhḗgmate	τᾰ̀ ῥήγμᾰτᾰ tà rhḗgmata
Vocative	ῥῆγμᾰ rhêgma	ῥήγμᾰτε rhḗgmate	ῥήγμᾰτᾰ rhḗgmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥηγματίας (rhēgmatías)

References

• “ῥῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥῆγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥῆγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette