χεῖμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰéimə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéymn̥ (“winter”). Cognate with Sanskrit हिम (hima).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χεῖμᾰ • (kheîmă) n (genitive χείμᾰτος); third declension

  1. winter
  2. frost, cold
  3. storm, tempest

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χεῖμᾰ; τοῦ χείμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χεῖμᾰ
tò kheîmă 		τὼ χείμᾰτε
tṑ kheímăte 		τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ
tằ kheímătă
Genitive τοῦ χείμᾰτος
toû kheímătos 		τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν
toîn kheimắtoin 		τῶν χειμᾰ́των
tôn kheimắtōn
Dative τῷ χείμᾰτῐ
tōî kheímătĭ 		τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν
toîn kheimắtoin 		τοῖς χείμᾰσῐ / χείμᾰσῐν
toîs kheímăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ χεῖμᾰ
tò kheîmă 		τὼ χείμᾰτε
tṑ kheímăte 		τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ
tằ kheímătă
Vocative χεῖμᾰ
kheîmă 		χείμᾰτε
kheímăte 		χείμᾰτᾰ
kheímătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • χειμάζω (kheimázō)
  • χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos)
  • χειμασία (kheimasía)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χεῖμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1619-20

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