κορμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kormós, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), the same root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κορμός • (kormós) m (genitive κορμοῦ); second declension

  1. (botany) trunk of a tree (with the boughs lopped off)
    Synonym: ξηνός (xēnós)
  2. log of timber

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κορμός; τοῦ κορμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κορμός
ho kormós 		τὼ κορμώ
tṑ kormṓ 		οἱ κορμοί
hoi kormoí
Genitive τοῦ κορμοῦ
toû kormoû 		τοῖν κορμοῖν
toîn kormoîn 		τῶν κορμῶν
tôn kormôn
Dative τῷ κορμῷ
tōî kormōî 		τοῖν κορμοῖν
toîn kormoîn 		τοῖς κορμοῖς
toîs kormoîs
Accusative τὸν κορμόν
tòn kormón 		τὼ κορμώ
tṑ kormṓ 		τοὺς κορμούς
toùs kormoús
Vocative κορμέ
kormé 		κορμώ
kormṓ 		κορμοί
kormoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κορμᾰ́ζω (kormắzō)
  • κορμηδόν (kormēdón)
  • κορμῐ́ον (kormĭ́on)
  • κορμολογῐ́ᾱ (kormologĭ́ā)

Descendants

  • Greek: κορμός (kormós)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós).

Noun

κορμός • (kormós) m (plural κορμοί)

  1. trunk of tree
  2. torso
  3. trunk (main part of body) of animal
  4. main body of something
  5. dessert in a log shape

Declension

Declension of κορμός
singular plural
nominative κορμός (kormós) κορμοί (kormoí)
genitive κορμού (kormoú) κορμών (kormón)
accusative κορμό (kormó) κορμούς (kormoús)
vocative κορμέ (kormé) κορμοί (kormoí)

See also

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