πύματος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived either from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”) or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), and often compared with Sanskrit पुनर् (punar, “back, again”), but Beekes is skeptical.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.ma.tos/ → /ˈpy.ma.tos/ → /ˈpi.ma.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.ma.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ma.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ma.tos/

Adjective

πύμᾰτος • (púmatos) m (feminine πῠμάτη, neuter πύμᾰτον); first/second declension

1. hindmost, last
2. outermost
3. nethermost
4. last

Declension

First and second declension of πῠ́μᾰτος; πῠμᾰ́τη; πῠ́μᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠ́μᾰτος púmatos	πῠμᾰ́τη pumátē	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton		πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō		πῠ́μᾰτοι púmatoi	πῠ́μᾰται púmatai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Genitive		πῠμᾰ́του pumátou	πῠμᾰ́της pumátēs	πῠμᾰ́του pumátou		πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pumátain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin		πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn	πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn	πῠμᾰ́των pumátōn
Dative		πῠμᾰ́τῳ pumátōi	πῠμᾰ́τῃ pumátēi	πῠμᾰ́τῳ pumátōi		πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin	πῠμᾰ́ταιν pumátain	πῠμᾰ́τοιν pumátoin		πῠμᾰ́τοις pumátois	πῠμᾰ́ταις pumátais	πῠμᾰ́τοις pumátois
Accusative		πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton	πῠμᾰ́την pumátēn	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton		πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō		πῠμᾰ́τους pumátous	πῠμᾰ́τᾱς pumátās	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Vocative		πῠ́μᾰτε púmate	πῠμᾰ́τη pumátē	πῠ́μᾰτον púmaton		πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō	πῠμᾰ́τᾱ pumátā	πῠμᾰ́τω pumátō		πῠ́μᾰτοι púmatoi	πῠ́μᾰται púmatai	πῠ́μᾰτᾰ púmata
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πύμᾰτον / πύμᾰτᾰ púmaton / púmata				πῠμᾰτώτερος pumatṓteros				πῠμᾰτώτᾰτος pumatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “πύματος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύματος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πύματος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πύματος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1257