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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀθῡ́ρω (athū́rō, “to play, sport (of children)”) + -μα (-ma, “result or effect of an action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.tʰyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θyr.ma/ → /ˈa.θir.ma/
Noun
ἄθυρμᾰ • (áthurma) n (genitive ἀθύρμᾰτος); third declension
- toy, plaything
- Synonym: παίγνιον (paígnion)
Inflection
Descendants
- → Greek: άθυρμα (áthyrma) (learned)
Further reading
- “ἄθυρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄθυρμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄθυρμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄθυρμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄθυρμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄθυρμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄθυρμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter