χῶμα
Appearance
See also: χώμα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰṓm-mn̥; related to χαμαί (khamaí) and χθών (khthṓn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɔ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxo.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxo.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxo.ma/
Noun
[edit]χῶμᾰ • (khôma) n (genitive χώματος); third declension
- earth thrown up, a bank, mound
- dike, dam
- mole (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater), pier
- sepulchral mound
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χῶμᾰ tò khôma |
τὼ χώμᾰτε tṑ khṓmate |
τᾰ̀ χώμᾰτᾰ tà khṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χώμᾰτος toû khṓmatos |
τοῖν χωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khōmátoin |
τῶν χωμᾰ́των tôn khōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χώμᾰτῐ tôi khṓmati |
τοῖν χωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khōmátoin |
τοῖς χώμᾰσῐ / χώμᾰσῐν toîs khṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χῶμᾰ tò khôma |
τὼ χώμᾰτε tṑ khṓmate |
τᾰ̀ χώμᾰτᾰ tà khṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | χῶμᾰ khôma |
χώμᾰτε khṓmate |
χώμᾰτᾰ khṓmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀνάχωμα (anákhōma)
- ἀναχωματίζω (anakhōmatízō)
- ἀναχωματισμός (anakhōmatismós)
- διάχωμα (diákhōma)
- ἔγχωμα (énkhōma)
- παράχωμα (parákhōma)
- περίχωμα (períkhōma)
- περιχωματίζω (perikhōmatízō)
- πρόσχωμα (próskhōma)
- πρόχωμα (prókhōma)
- χωματεκβολία (khōmatekbolía)
- χωματεπείκτης (khōmatepeíktēs)
- χωματεπιμελητής (khōmatepimelētḗs)
- χωματεπιστάτης (khōmatepistátēs)
- χωματεργολάβος (khōmatergolábos)
- χωματίας (khōmatías)
- χωματίζω (khōmatízō)
- χωματικός (khōmatikós)
- χωμάτιον (khōmátion)
- χωματισμός (khōmatismós)
- χωματογραφία (khōmatographía)
- χωματοφύλαξ (khōmatophúlax)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- χῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “χῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bank idem, page 61.
- barrow idem, page 64.
- causeway idem, page 119.
- dam idem, page 193.
- dike idem, page 224.
- earthwork idem, page 259.
- embankment idem, page 266.
- grave idem, page 371.
- jetty idem, page 463.
- landing stage idem, page 475.
- mole idem, page 538.
- mound idem, page 543.
- pier idem, page 612.
- quay idem, page 664.
- rampart idem, page 670.
- sepulchre idem, page 754.
- stage idem, page 808.
- tomb idem, page 880.
- wharf idem, page 974.
- work idem, page 988.
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