εἷμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔμμα (émma) — Aeolic
• ϝῆμα (wêma) — Cretan

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *wéhmə, from Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥ (compare Sanskrit वस्मन् (vásman)), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to wear”), whence ἕννῡμῐ (hénnūmi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hêː.ma/ → /ˈi.ma/ → /ˈi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hêː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)i.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ma/

Noun

εἷμα • (heîma) n (genitive εἵματος); third declension

1. a garment, article of clothing
2. (in the plural) clothing, clothes
3. a rug, carpet

Declension

Third declension of τὸ εἷμᾰ; τοῦ εἵμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εἷμᾰ tò heîma	τὼ εἵμᾰτε tṑ heímate	τᾰ̀ εἵμᾰτᾰ tà heímata
Genitive	τοῦ εἵμᾰτος toû heímatos	τοῖν εἱμᾰ́τοιν toîn heimátoin	τῶν εἱμᾰ́των tôn heimátōn
Dative	τῷ εἵμᾰτῐ tôi heímati	τοῖν εἱμᾰ́τοιν toîn heimátoin	τοῖς εἵμᾰσῐ / εἵμᾰσῐν toîs heímasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ εἷμᾰ tò heîma	τὼ εἵμᾰτε tṑ heímate	τᾰ̀ εἵμᾰτᾰ tà heímata
Vocative	εἷμᾰ heîma	εἵμᾰτε heímate	εἵμᾰτᾰ heímata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱμάτιον (himátion)

Further reading

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