κατάχυσμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καταχέω (katakhéō, “I pour over”) +‎ -μα (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰyz.ma/ → /kaˈta.çyz.ma/ → /kaˈta.çiz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tá.kʰyz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.kʰyz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.çyz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.çyz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.çiz.ma/

Noun

κατάχυσμα • (katákhusma) n (genitive καταχύσματος); third declension

1. something that is poured or showered down:
   1. a sauce
   2. (in the plural) dried fruits and nuts showered on a bride on her wedding day, or on a new slave upon their arrival

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κατάχυσμᾰ; τοῦ καταχύσμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κατάχυσμᾰ tò katákhusma	τὼ καταχύσμᾰτε tṑ katakhúsmate	τᾰ̀ καταχύσμᾰτᾰ tà katakhúsmata
Genitive	τοῦ καταχύσμᾰτος toû katakhúsmatos	τοῖν καταχυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn katakhusmátoin	τῶν καταχυσμᾰ́των tôn katakhusmátōn
Dative	τῷ καταχύσμᾰτῐ tôi katakhúsmati	τοῖν καταχυσμᾰ́τοιν toîn katakhusmátoin	τοῖς καταχύσμᾰσῐ / καταχύσμᾰσῐν toîs katakhúsmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κατάχυσμᾰ tò katákhusma	τὼ καταχύσμᾰτε tṑ katakhúsmate	τᾰ̀ καταχύσμᾰτᾰ tà katakhúsmata
Vocative	κατάχυσμᾰ katákhusma	καταχύσμᾰτε katakhúsmate	καταχύσμᾰτᾰ katakhúsmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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