ἔγχυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγχέω (enkhéō, “to pour in”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix), from ἐν (en, “in, into”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kʰy.ma/ → /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/ → /ˈeɲ.çi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kʰy.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kʰy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeɲ.çi.ma/

Noun

ἔγχῠμᾰ • (énkhuma) n (genitive ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. Instillation.
   1. (anatomy) Filling or content of a vessel.
   2. Synonym of ἔγχῠτος (énkhutos).

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhuma	τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà enkhúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος toû enkhúmatos	τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhumátoin	τῶν ἐγχῠμᾰ́των tôn enkhumátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi enkhúmati	τοῖν ἐγχῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkhumátoin	τοῖς ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐ / ἐγχῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs enkhúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ tò énkhuma	τὼ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε tṑ enkhúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà enkhúmata
Vocative	ἔγχῠμᾰ énkhuma	ἐγχῠ́μᾰτε enkhúmate	ἐγχῠ́μᾰτᾰ enkhúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ ἔγχῠμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγχῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Derived terms

• πᾰρέγχῠμᾰ (parénkhuma)

 

Descendants

• → English: enchyma
• → English: -enchyma
• ⇒ English: mesenchyme

References

• “ἔγχυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press