εὕρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/ → /ˈe.βri.ma/ → /ˈe.vri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vri.ma/

Noun

εὕρημᾰ • (heúrēma) n (genitive εὑρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. An invention, a discovery (not by chance but by thought)
2. An invention, for or against things, a remedy
3. An excuse
4. That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall
5. A foundling

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εὕρημᾰ; τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēma	τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmate	τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tà heurḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος toû heurḗmatos	τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmátoin	τῶν εὑρημᾰ́των tôn heurēmátōn
Dative	τῷ εὑρήμᾰτῐ tôi heurḗmati	τοῖν εὑρημᾰ́τοιν toîn heurēmátoin	τοῖς εὑρήμᾰσῐ / εὑρήμᾰσῐν toîs heurḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ εὕρημᾰ tò heúrēma	τὼ εὑρήμᾰτε tṑ heurḗmate	τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ tà heurḗmata
Vocative	εὕρημᾰ heúrēma	εὑρήμᾰτε heurḗmate	εὑρήμᾰτᾰ heurḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὕρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὕρημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette