τύμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, to strike”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tým.ma/ → /ˈtym.ma/ → /ˈti.ma/

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

Noun

τύμμᾰ • (túmma) n (genitive τύμμᾰτος); third declension

1. A blow, a wound
2. A pick, a sting, a snakebite

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ; τοῦ τῠ́μμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ tò túmma	τὼ τῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ túmmate	τᾰ̀ τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà túmmata
Genitive	τοῦ τῠ́μμᾰτος toû túmmatos	τοῖν τῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn tummátoin	τῶν τῠμμᾰ́των tôn tummátōn
Dative	τῷ τῠ́μμᾰτῐ tôi túmmati	τοῖν τῠμμᾰ́τοιν toîn tummátoin	τοῖς τῠ́μμᾰσῐ / τῠ́μμᾰσῐν toîs túmmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τῠ́μμᾰ tò túmma	τὼ τῠ́μμᾰτε tṑ túmmate	τᾰ̀ τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ tà túmmata
Vocative	τῠ́μμᾰ túmma	τῠ́μμᾰτε túmmate	τῠ́μμᾰτᾰ túmmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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