κῦμα

See also: κύμα

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *kūmə, equivalent to κῠ́ω (kúō, “conceive”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

κῦμᾰ • (kûma) n (genitive κῡ́μᾰτος); third declension

swell, wave, billow
1. 1. (figuratively) a wave or flood of peaple
  2. (in Tragedy) wave of adversity
2. a waved or ogee moulding, cyma
fetus, embryo
1. sprout of a plant

Third declension of τὸ κῦμᾰ; τοῦ κῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῦμᾰ tò kûma	τὼ κῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kū́mate	τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kū́mata
Genitive	τοῦ κῡ́μᾰτος toû kū́matos	τοῖν κῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kūmátoin	τῶν κῡμᾰ́των tôn kūmátōn
Dative	τῷ κῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi kū́mati	τοῖν κῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kūmátoin	τοῖς κῡ́μᾰσῐ / κῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs kū́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κῦμᾰ tò kûma	τὼ κῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kū́mate	τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kū́mata
Vocative	κῦμᾰ kûma	κῡ́μᾰτε kū́mate	κῡ́μᾰτᾰ kū́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.