ζῶμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈzo.ma/ → /ˈzo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/

Noun

ζῶμᾰ • (zômă) n (genitive ζώμᾰτος); third declension

1. loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest
2. (surgery) band used in surgery
3. woman's girdle

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζῶμᾰ; τοῦ ζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zômă	τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tằ zṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ζώμᾰτος toû zṓmătos	τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmắtoin	τῶν ζωμᾰ́των tôn zōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ζώμᾰτῐ tôi zṓmătĭ	τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmắtoin	τοῖς ζώμᾰσῐ / ζώμᾰσῐν toîs zṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zômă	τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tằ zṓmătă
Vocative	ζῶμᾰ zômă	ζώμᾰτε zṓmăte	ζώμᾰτᾰ zṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διάζωμα (diázōma)
• περίζωμα (perízōma)

Further reading

• “ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ζῶμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ζῶμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963