χύμα

χύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰumə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewmn̥, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), whence χέω (khéō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰý.ma/ → /ˈçy.ma/ → /ˈçi.ma/

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

Noun

χῠ́μᾰ • (khúma) n (genitive χῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is poured out or flows, fluid
2. ingot, bar
3. (figurative) confused mass, aggregate, crowd
4. materials, constituents

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χῠ́μᾰ tò khúma	τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε tṑ khúmate	τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà khúmata
Genitive	τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος toû khúmatos	τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn khumátoin	τῶν χῠμᾰ́των tôn khumátōn
Dative	τῷ χῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi khúmati	τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn khumátoin	τοῖς χῠ́μᾰσῐ / χῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs khúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χῠ́μᾰ tò khúma	τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε tṑ khúmate	τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà khúmata
Vocative	χῠ́μᾰ khúma	χῠ́μᾰτε khúmate	χῠ́μᾰτᾰ khúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ^?χυμεία (khumeía)

Further reading

• “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χύμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

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Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Ancient Greek χέω (khéō, “I pour”), along with χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

Adverb

χύμα • (chýma)

1. at bulk, not in a standardised package (for things sold in retail (by volume or weight) in portions at client's discretion, usually from a bigger package)
2. untidy, disorganized

References

• Oswald, John (1868): An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language