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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νάω (náō, “flow”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâː.ma/ → /ˈna.ma/ → /ˈna.ma/
Noun
νᾶμᾰ • (nâma) n (genitive νᾱ́μᾰτος); third declension
- Running water: fountain, stream, river, spring
Inflection
References
- “νᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νᾶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νᾶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brook idem, page 101.
- flood idem, page 329.
- flow idem, page 329.
- gush idem, page 379.
- liquid idem, page 494.
- rill idem, page 715.
- shower idem, page 770.
- spring idem, page 805.
- stream idem, page 824.
- water idem, page 967.