ἰκμάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to filter”) and cognate with Old English sēon (“to filter”), Russian сцать (scatʹ, “to piss”) and Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcáti, “to pour”). Beekes suggests *seyk- as the original root.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἰκμᾰ́ς • (ikmás) f (genitive ἰκμᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. moisture, wetness
  2. secretion, animal juice

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἰκμᾰ́ς; τῆς ἰκμᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἰκμᾰ́ς
hē ikmás		 τὼ ἰκμᾰ́δε
tṑ ikmáde		 αἱ ἰκμᾰ́δες
hai ikmádes
Genitive τῆς ἰκμᾰ́δος
tês ikmádos		 τοῖν ἰκμᾰ́δοιν
toîn ikmádoin		 τῶν ἰκμᾰ́δων
tôn ikmádōn
Dative τῇ ἰκμᾰ́δῐ
têi ikmádi		 τοῖν ἰκμᾰ́δοιν
toîn ikmádoin		 ταῖς ἰκμᾰ́σῐ / ἰκμᾰ́σῐν
taîs ikmási(n)
Accusative τὴν ἰκμᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn ikmáda		 τὼ ἰκμᾰ́δε
tṑ ikmáde		 τᾱ̀ς ἰκμᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s ikmádas
Vocative ἰκμᾰ́ς
ikmás		 ἰκμᾰ́δε
ikmáde		 ἰκμᾰ́δες
ikmádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • ἄνικμος (ánikmos)
  • δύσικμος (dúsikmos)
  • ἔνικμος (énikmos)
  • ἰκμαδώδης (ikmadṓdēs)
  • ἰκμάζω (ikmázō)
  • ἰκμαίνω (ikmaínō)
  • ἰκμαλέος (ikmaléos)
  • ἰκμασία (ikmasía)
  • ἰκμάω (ikmáō)
  • ἰκμαῖος (ikmaîos)
  • ἴκμη (íkmē)
  • ἴκμιος (íkmios)
  • ἰκμόβωλον (ikmóbōlon)
  • ἰκμώδης (ikmṓdēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: ικμάδα (ikmáda)

Further reading
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