ῥυθμός

See also: ρυθμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ῥῠσμός (rhusmós) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós, corresponding to Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰmos, ultimately from *srew- (“to flow”). Related to ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥῠθμός • (rhuthmós) m (genitive ῥῠθμοῦ); second declension

  1. a repeating, regular motion, vibration
  2. measured motion, rhythm
  3. measure, proportion, symmetry
  4. proportion, arrangement, order
  5. state, condition
  6. form, shape
  7. manner, fashion

Declension
Second declension of ὁ ῥῠθμός; τοῦ ῥῠθμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥῠθμός
ho rhuthmós		 τὼ ῥῠθμώ
tṑ rhuthmṓ		 οἱ ῥῠθμοί
hoi rhuthmoí
Genitive τοῦ ῥῠθμοῦ
toû rhuthmoû		 τοῖν ῥῠθμοῖν
toîn rhuthmoîn		 τῶν ῥῠθμῶν
tôn rhuthmôn
Dative τῷ ῥῠθμῷ
tôi rhuthmôi		 τοῖν ῥῠθμοῖν
toîn rhuthmoîn		 τοῖς ῥῠθμοῖς
toîs rhuthmoîs
Accusative τὸν ῥῠθμόν
tòn rhuthmón		 τὼ ῥῠθμώ
tṑ rhuthmṓ		 τοὺς ῥῠθμούς
toùs rhuthmoús
Vocative ῥῠθμέ
rhuthmé		 ῥῠθμώ
rhuthmṓ		 ῥῠθμοί
rhuthmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἄρρυθμος (árrhuthmos, “arhythmic”)
  • ἐν ῥυθμῷ (en rhuthmôi, “in time”)

Descendants

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.