ζῶμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zɔ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ma/
Noun
ζῶμᾰ • (zôma) n (genitive ζώμᾰτος); third declension
- loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest
- (surgery) band used in surgery
- woman's girdle
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ζῶμᾰ; τοῦ ζώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zôma | τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmate | τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tà zṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζώμᾰτος toû zṓmatos | τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmátoin | τῶν ζωμᾰ́των tôn zōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζώμᾰτῐ tôi zṓmati | τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmátoin | τοῖς ζώμᾰσῐ / ζώμᾰσῐν toîs zṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zôma | τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmate | τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tà zṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῶμᾰ zôma | ζώμᾰτε zṓmate | ζώμᾰτᾰ zṓmata | ||||||||||
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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