πύματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived either from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”) or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), and often compared with Sanskrit पुनर् (punar, “back, again”), but Beekes is skeptical.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.ma.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ma.tos/

Adjective

πύμᾰτος • (púmatos) m (feminine πῠμάτη, neuter πύμᾰτον); first/second declension

Declension

First and second declension of πῠ́μᾰτος; πῠμᾰ́τη; πῠ́μᾰτον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πῠ́μᾰτος púmatos	πῠμᾰ́τη pumátē	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠ́μᾰτοι púmatoi	πῠ́μᾰται púmatai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Genitive	πῠμᾰ́του pumátou	πῠμᾰ́της pumátēs	πῠμᾰ́του pumátou	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pumátain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn	πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn	πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn
Dative	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pumátōi	πῠμᾰ́τῃ pumátēi	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pumátōi	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pumátain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́τοις pumátois	πῠμᾰ́ταις pumátais	πῠμᾰ́τοις pumátois
Accusative	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton	πῠμᾰ́την pumátēn	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τους pumátous	πῠμᾰ́τᾱς pumátās	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Vocative	πῠ́μᾰτε púmate	πῠμᾰ́τη pumátē	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠ́μᾰτοι púmatoi	πῠ́μᾰται púmatai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πύμᾰτον / πύμᾰτᾰ púmaton / púmata			πῠμᾰτώτερος pumatṓteros			πῠμᾰτώτᾰτος pumatṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“πύματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πύματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πύματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“πύματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1257