χῶμα

See also: χώμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χώννῡμι (khṓnnūmi, “I heap up”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈxo.ma/ → /ˈxo.ma/

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

Noun

χῶμᾰ • (khômă) n (genitive χώματος); third declension

1. earth thrown up, a bank, mound
2. dike, dam
3. mole (massive structure used as a pier or breakwater), pier
4. sepulchral mound

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χῶμᾰ; τοῦ χώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χῶμᾰ tò khômă	τὼ χώμᾰτε tṑ khṓmăte	τᾰ̀ χώμᾰτᾰ tằ khṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ χώμᾰτος toû khṓmătos	τοῖν χωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khōmắtoin	τῶν χωμᾰ́των tôn khōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ χώμᾰτῐ tôi khṓmătĭ	τοῖν χωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khōmắtoin	τοῖς χώμᾰσῐ / χώμᾰσῐν toîs khṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χῶμᾰ tò khômă	τὼ χώμᾰτε tṑ khṓmăte	τᾰ̀ χώμᾰτᾰ tằ khṓmătă
Vocative	χῶμᾰ khômă	χώμᾰτε khṓmăte	χώμᾰτᾰ khṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• 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

• Greek: χώμα (chóma)
• Pontic Greek: χώμαν (chóman)

Further reading

• 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.