ἐγκόμβωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai, “to bind a thing on oneself”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kóm.bɔː.ma/ → /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/ → /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kóm.bɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈkom.bo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/

Noun

ἐγκόμβωμᾰ • (enkómbōmă) n (genitive ἐγκομβώμᾰτος); third declension

1. sort of frock or apron, worn especially by slaves to keep their tunic clean
2. kind of sheepskin coat worn by shepherds

   Synonym: κοσῠ́μβη (kosŭ́mbē)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγκομβώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ tò enkómbōmă	τὼ ἐγκομβώμᾰτε tṑ enkombṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ tằ enkombṓmătă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκομβώμᾰτος toû enkombṓmătos	τοῖν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkombōmắtoin	τῶν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́των tôn enkombōmắtōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκομβώμᾰτῐ tôi enkombṓmătĭ	τοῖν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkombōmắtoin	τοῖς ἐγκομβώμᾰσῐ / ἐγκομβώμᾰσῐν toîs enkombṓmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ tò enkómbōmă	τὼ ἐγκομβώμᾰτε tṑ enkombṓmăte	τᾰ̀ ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ tằ enkombṓmătă
Vocative	ἐγκόμβωμᾰ enkómbōmă	ἐγκομβώμᾰτε enkombṓmăte	ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ enkombṓmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγκόμβωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκόμβωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγκόμβωμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)