χρῶμα

See also: χρώμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə, and related to χρώς (khrṓs, “surface of the body, skin (color)”); see there for more.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    χρῶμᾰ • (khrômă) n (genitive χρώμᾰτος); third declension

    1. skin (esp. the human body)
    2. colour (esp. of the skin or body); pigment
    3. complexion
    4. character of style in writing; ornaments
    5. chromatic scale; music

    Inflection

    Third declension of τὸ χρῶμᾰ; τοῦ χρώμᾰτος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ χρῶμᾰ
    tò khrômă     		τὼ χρώμᾰτε
    tṑ khrṓmăte     		τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ
    tằ khrṓmătă
    Genitive τοῦ χρώμᾰτος
    toû khrṓmătos     		τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν
    toîn khrōmắtoin     		τῶν χρωμᾰ́των
    tôn khrōmắtōn
    Dative τῷ χρώμᾰτῐ
    tōî khrṓmătĭ     		τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν
    toîn khrōmắtoin     		τοῖς χρώμᾰσῐ / χρώμᾰσῐν
    toîs khrṓmăsĭ(n)
    Accusative τὸ χρῶμᾰ
    tò khrômă     		τὼ χρώμᾰτε
    tṑ khrṓmăte     		τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ
    tằ khrṓmătă
    Vocative χρῶμᾰ
    khrômă     		χρώμᾰτε
    khrṓmăte     		χρώμᾰτᾰ
    khrṓmătă
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρῶμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1653

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