ἀποκύημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀποκυέω (apokuéō) +‎ -μα (-ma), also interpretable as ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ κύημα (kúēma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.poˈcy.i.ma/ → /a.poˈci.i.ma/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈcy.i.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈcy.i.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈci.i.ma/

Noun

ἀποκύημα • (apokúēma) n (genitive ἀποκυήματος); third declension

1. (Koine, Byzantine) fetus
   • 3rd century C.E., Clement of Rome, Clementine Homilies 6.4
   • 6th century C.E., Leontius of Jerusalem, Patrologia Graeca 86.1928A

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ἀποκύημᾰ; τοῦ ἀποκυήμᾰτος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀποκύημᾰ tò apokúēma	τᾰ̀ ἀποκυήμᾰτᾰ tà apokuḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀποκυήμᾰτος toû apokuḗmatos	τῶν ἀποκυημᾰ́των tôn apokuēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀποκυήμᾰτῐ tôi apokuḗmati	τοῖς ἀποκυήμᾰσῐ / ἀποκυήμᾰσῐν toîs apokuḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀποκύημᾰ tò apokúēma	τᾰ̀ ἀποκυήμᾰτᾰ tà apokuḗmata
Vocative	ἀποκύημᾰ apokúēma	ἀποκυήμᾰτᾰ apokuḗmata

Synonyms

• κύημα (kúēma)
• κῦμα (kûma)

Descendants

• Greek: αποκύημα (apokýima)

Further reading

• ἀποκύημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποκύημα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀποκύημα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011