ῥεῦμα

See also: ρεύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek root *ῥευ- (*rheu-), whence ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow”)), and -μα (-ma). Compare the related Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, whence also Old English stream. See also ῥυθμός (rhuthmós).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥεῦμᾰ • (rheûma) n (genitive ῥεύμᾰτος); third declension

  1. stream, flow, current

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ; τοῦ ῥεύμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ
tò rheûma		 τὼ ῥεύμᾰτε
tṑ rheúmate		 τᾰ̀ ῥεύμᾰτᾰ
tà rheúmata
Genitive τοῦ ῥεύμᾰτος
toû rheúmatos		 τοῖν ῥευμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rheumátoin		 τῶν ῥευμᾰ́των
tôn rheumátōn
Dative τῷ ῥεύμᾰτῐ
tôi rheúmati		 τοῖν ῥευμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rheumátoin		 τοῖς ῥεύμᾰσῐ / ῥεύμᾰσῐν
toîs rheúmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ ῥεῦμᾰ
tò rheûma		 τὼ ῥεύμᾰτε
tṑ rheúmate		 τᾰ̀ ῥεύμᾰτᾰ
tà rheúmata
Vocative ῥεῦμᾰ
rheûma		 ῥεύμᾰτε
rheúmate		 ῥεύμᾰτᾰ
rheúmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ῥευμᾰτῐκός (rheumatikós)
  • ῥευμᾰτῐσμός (rheumatismós)

Descendants
  • Greek: ρεύμα (révma)
  • → Latin: rheuma (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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