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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυρέω, κύρω (kuréō, kúrō, “to meet with, come upon, find”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kýr.ma/ → /ˈcyr.ma/ → /ˈcir.ma/
Noun
κύρμᾰ • (kúrma) n (genitive κύρμᾰτος); third declension
- booty, prey, spoil
Declension
Further reading
- “κύρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κύρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press