θύμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Compare θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́μος • (thŭ́mos) m (genitive θῠ́μου); second declension

  1. a warty excrescence, so called from its likeness to a bunch of thyme-flower
  2. the thymus gland

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θῠ́μος; τοῦ θῠ́μου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θῠ́μος
ho thŭ́mos 		τὼ θῠ́μω
tṑ thŭ́mō 		οἱ θῠ́μοι
hoi thŭ́moi
Genitive τοῦ θῠ́μου
toû thŭ́mou 		τοῖν θῠ́μοιν
toîn thŭ́moin 		τῶν θῠ́μων
tôn thŭ́mōn
Dative τῷ θῠ́μῳ
tôi thŭ́mōi 		τοῖν θῠ́μοιν
toîn thŭ́moin 		τοῖς θῠ́μοις
toîs thŭ́mois
Accusative τὸν θῠ́μον
tòn thŭ́mon 		τὼ θῠ́μω
tṑ thŭ́mō 		τοὺς θῠ́μους
toùs thŭ́mous
Vocative θῠ́με
thŭ́me 		θῠ́μω
thŭ́mō 		θῠ́μοι
thŭ́moi
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