κύημα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυέω (kuéō, “to be pregnant”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.ɛː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.e̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.i.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.i.ma/

Noun

κῠ́ημᾰ • (kúēma) n (genitive κῠήμᾰτος); third declension

That which is conceived, embryo, foetus
(botany) That which is swollen as the result of growth, a sprout

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κύημᾰ; τοῦ κυήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēma	τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmate	τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tà kuḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ κυήμᾰτος toû kuḗmatos	τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmátoin	τῶν κυημᾰ́των tôn kuēmátōn
Dative	τῷ κυήμᾰτῐ tôi kuḗmati	τοῖν κυημᾰ́τοιν toîn kuēmátoin	τοῖς κυήμᾰσῐ / κυήμᾰσῐν toîs kuḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κύημᾰ tò kúēma	τὼ κυήμᾰτε tṑ kuḗmate	τᾰ̀ κυήμᾰτᾰ tà kuḗmata
Vocative	κύημᾰ kúēma	κυήμᾰτε kuḗmate	κυήμᾰτᾰ kuḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἀποκύημα n (apokúēma, “foetus”) (Koine, figuratively)
ἐπικύημα n (epikúēma, “superfetation”)
κύησις f (kúēsis, “conception”)
and see κυέω, κυῶ (kuéō, kuô)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύημα.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈci.i.ma/
Hyphenation: κύ‧η‧μα

Noun

κύημα • (kýima) n (plural κυήματα)

(medicine) the foetus, embryon

Declension

Declension of **κύημα**
	singular	plural
nominative	κύημα (kýima)	κυήματα (kyímata)
genitive	κυήματος (kyímatos)	κυημάτων (kyimáton)
accusative	κύημα (kýima)	κυήματα (kyímata)
vocative	κύημα (kýima)	κυήματα (kyímata)

Related terms

αποκύημα n (apokýima, “product, fabrication”)
επικύηση f (epikýisi) (medicine)
κύηση f (kýisi, “pregnancy (for humans)”)

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