Ὑμήν

See also: ὑμήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Ῡ̔μᾱ́ν (Hūmā́n) – Doric

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ῡ̔μήν • (Hūmḗn) m (genitive Ῡ̔μένος); third declension

  1. Hymen or Hymenaios

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ῡ̔μήν; τοῦ Ῡ̔μένος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῡ̔μήν
ho Hūmḗn
Genitive τοῦ Ῡ̔μένος
toû Hūménos
Dative τῷ Ῡ̔μένῐ
tôi Hūméni
Accusative τὸν Ῡ̔μένᾰ
tòn Hūména
Vocative Ῡ̔μήν / Ῡ̔μέν
Hūmḗn / Hūmén
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Υμήν (Ymín), Υμένας (Yménas)
  • Latin: Hymen

References
  • Ὑμήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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