χεῖμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym-. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), Latin hiems, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Old Church Slavonic зима (zima), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (giman).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰêː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxi.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ma/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χεῖμᾰ tò kheîma |
τὼ χείμᾰτε tṑ kheímate |
τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ tà kheímata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χείμᾰτος toû kheímatos |
τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν toîn kheimátoin |
τῶν χειμᾰ́των tôn kheimátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χείμᾰτῐ tôi kheímati |
τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν toîn kheimátoin |
τοῖς χείμᾰσῐ / χείμᾰσῐν toîs kheímasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χεῖμᾰ tò kheîma |
τὼ χείμᾰτε tṑ kheímate |
τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ tà kheímata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χεῖμᾰ kheîma |
χείμᾰτε kheímate |
χείμᾰτᾰ kheímata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χειμών (kheimṓn)
Related terms
- χειμάζω (kheimázō)
- χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos)
- χειμασία (kheimasía)
Further reading
- χεῖμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χεῖμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χεῖμα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χεῖμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χεῖμα in 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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