κόμης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.me̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.mis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.mis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.mis/
Noun
κόμης • (kómēs) m (genitive κόμητος); third declension (Koine)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόμης ho kómēs |
τὼ κόμητε tṑ kómēte |
οἱ κόμητες hoi kómētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόμητος toû kómētos |
τοῖν κομήτοιν toîn komḗtoin |
τῶν κομήτων tôn komḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόμητῐ tōî kómētĭ |
τοῖν κομήτοιν toîn komḗtoin |
τοῖς κόμησῐ / κόμησῐν toîs kómēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόμητᾰ tòn kómētă |
τὼ κόμητε tṑ kómēte |
τοὺς κόμητᾰς toùs kómētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόμης kómēs |
κόμητε kómēte |
κόμητες kómētes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: κόμης (kómēs)
- Greek: κόμης (kómis)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܡܝܣ (qwmys), ܩܘܡܣ (qwms)
- → Old Armenian: կոմս (koms)
- → Old Georgian: კომსი (ḳomsi)
- → Old Armenian: կոմս (koms)
- → Old Armenian: կոմէս (komēs)
References
- “κόμης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κόμης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κόμης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek κόμης (kómēs, “high rank official”), from Latin comes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkomis/
- Hyphenation: κό‧μης
Noun
κόμης • (kómis) m (plural κόμητες, feminine κόμισσα or κόμησσα)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κόμης (kómis) | κόμητες (kómites) |
| genitive | κόμη (kómi) | κομήτων (komíton) |
| accusative | κόμη (kómi) | κόμητες (kómites) |
| vocative | κόμη (kómi) | κόμητες (kómites) |
and formal, in ancient fashion:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κόμης (kómis) | κόμητες (kómites) |
| genitive | κόμητος (kómitos) | κομήτων (komíton) |
| accusative | κόμητα (kómita) | κόμητες (kómites) |
| vocative | κόμη (kómi) | κόμητες (kómites) |
Derived terms
- κομητεία f (komiteía, “county”)