"εὕρημα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εὕρημα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/, /ˈe.βri.ma/, /ˈe.vri.ma/, /hěu̯.rɛː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈe.βri.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈe.vri.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.vri.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|εὑρίσκω|-μα|t1=to find out}} εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find out”) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|εὑρήμᾰτος|n|third|head=εὕρημᾰ}} εὕρημᾰ • (heúrēmă) n (genitive εὑρήμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εὕρημᾰ|εὑρήμᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: εὕρημᾰ [canonical], heúrēmă [romanization], εὑρήμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ εὕρημᾰ [nominative, singular], εὑρήμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ εὑρήμᾰτος [genitive, singular], εὑρημᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], εὑρημᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ εὑρήμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], εὑρημᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς εὑρήμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], εὑρήμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs heurḗmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs heurḗmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ εὕρημᾰ [accusative, singular], εὑρήμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ εὑρήμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], εὕρημᾰ [singular, vocative], εὑρήμᾰτε [dual, vocative], εὑρήμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. An invention, a discovery (not by chance but by thought)
    Sense id: en-εὕρημα-grc-noun-0RWcSJEJ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 29 22 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 18 25 18 3
  2. An invention, for or against things, a remedy
    Sense id: en-εὕρημα-grc-noun-75kxHcPS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 29 22 7
  3. An excuse
    Sense id: en-εὕρημα-grc-noun-okO4WiKt Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 29 22 7
  4. That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall
    Sense id: en-εὕρημα-grc-noun-Ki4ti~~y Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 22 16 19 33 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 12 17 23 37 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 15 17 22 36 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 19 29 22 7
  5. A foundling
    Sense id: en-εὕρημα-grc-noun-w7W5PGfz
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "εὑρημᾰ́των",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "toîs heurḗmăsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
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          "_dis": "23 19 29 22 7",
          "kind": "other",
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        "That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall"
      ],
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          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ],
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          "good luck",
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        ],
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          "windfall",
          "windfall"
        ]
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          "foundling",
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      "ipa": "/hěu̯.rɛː.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.βri.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hěu̯.rɛː.ma/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.βri.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εὕρημα"
}
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        "An excuse"
      ],
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          "excuse",
          "excuse"
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      ]
    },
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        "That which is found unexpectedly, a piece of good luck, a windfall"
      ],
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          "good luck",
          "good luck"
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          "windfall",
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A foundling"
      ],
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          "foundling",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hěu̯.rɛː.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.βri.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hěu̯.rɛː.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)ew.re̝.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.βri.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.vri.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εὕρημα"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.