δοχμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In its formation, the word is identical to Sanskrit जिह्म (jihmá, “crooked, tortuous”). According to Beekes, both come from Proto-Indo-European *dh₃ǵʰmo- (“oblique”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dokʰ.mós/ → /ðoxˈmos/ → /ðoxˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dokʰ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dokʰˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoxˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoxˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoxˈmos/

Adjective

δοχμός • (dokhmós) m or f (neuter δοχμόν); second declension

1. oblique, aslant

Declension

Second declension of δοχμός; δοχμόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δοχμός dokhmós	δοχμόν dokhmón		δοχμώ dokhmṓ	δοχμώ dokhmṓ		δοχμοί dokhmoí	δοχμᾰ́ dokhmá
Genitive		δοχμοῦ dokhmoû	δοχμοῦ dokhmoû		δοχμοῖν dokhmoîn	δοχμοῖν dokhmoîn		δοχμῶν dokhmôn	δοχμῶν dokhmôn
Dative		δοχμῷ dokhmôi	δοχμῷ dokhmôi		δοχμοῖν dokhmoîn	δοχμοῖν dokhmoîn		δοχμοῖς dokhmoîs	δοχμοῖς dokhmoîs
Accusative		δοχμόν dokhmón	δοχμόν dokhmón		δοχμώ dokhmṓ	δοχμώ dokhmṓ		δοχμούς dokhmoús	δοχμᾰ́ dokhmá
Vocative		δοχμέ dokhmé	δοχμόν dokhmón		δοχμώ dokhmṓ	δοχμώ dokhmṓ		δοχμοί dokhmoí	δοχμᾰ́ dokhmá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δοχμῶς dokhmôs			δοχμότερος dokhmóteros			δοχμότᾰτος dokhmótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• λοξός (loxós)
• πλάγιος (plágios)
• ψάγιος (pságios)

Derived terms

• δοχμαικός (dokhmaikós)
• δοχμή (dokhmḗ)
• δοχμιάζω (dokhmiázō)
• δόχμιος (dókhmios)
• δοχμόλοφος (dokhmólophos)
• δοχμόομαι (dokhmóomai)

References

• “δοχμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοχμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοχμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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