βωμός
See also: Βωμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷōmós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₂mós, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)). Compare βῆμᾰ (bêmă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɔː.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /boˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βoˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /voˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /voˈmos/
Noun
βωμός • (bōmós) m (genitive βωμοῦ); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βωμός ho bōmós |
τὼ βωμώ tṑ bōmṓ |
οἱ βωμοί hoi bōmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βωμοῦ toû bōmoû |
τοῖν βωμοῖν toîn bōmoîn |
τῶν βωμῶν tôn bōmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βωμῷ tōî bōmōî |
τοῖν βωμοῖν toîn bōmoîn |
τοῖς βωμοῖς toîs bōmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βωμόν tòn bōmón |
τὼ βωμώ tṑ bōmṓ |
τοὺς βωμούς toùs bōmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βωμέ bōmé |
βωμώ bōmṓ |
βωμοί bōmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: βωμός (vomós)
Further reading
- “βωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βωμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βωμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βωμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βωμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- altar idem, page 25.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /voˈmos/
Noun
βωμός • (vomós) m (plural βωμοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βωμός (vomós) | βωμοί (vomoí) |
| genitive | βωμού (vomoú) | βωμών (vomón) |
| accusative | βωμό (vomó) | βωμούς (vomoús) |
| vocative | βωμέ (vomé) | βωμοί (vomoí) |
See also
- Αγία Τράπεζα f (Agía Trápeza, “high altar”)
Further reading
- βωμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language