χύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *kʰumə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewmn̥, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), whence χέω (khéō).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    χῠ́μᾰ • (khŭ́mă) n (genitive χῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

    1. that which is poured out or flows, fluid
    2. ingot, bar
    3. (figurative) confused mass, aggregate, crowd
    4. materials, constituents

    Inflection

    Third declension of τὸ χῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative τὸ χῠ́μᾰ
    tò khŭ́mă     		τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε
    tṑ khŭ́măte     		τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
    tằ khŭ́mătă
    Genitive τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος
    toû khŭ́mătos     		τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν
    toîn khŭmắtoin     		τῶν χῠμᾰ́των
    tôn khŭmắtōn
    Dative τῷ χῠ́μᾰτῐ
    tōî khŭ́mătĭ     		τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν
    toîn khŭmắtoin     		τοῖς χῠ́μᾰσῐ / χῠ́μᾰσῐν
    toîs khŭ́măsĭ(n)
    Accusative τὸ χῠ́μᾰ
    tò khŭ́mă     		τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε
    tṑ khŭ́măte     		τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
    tằ khŭ́mătă
    Vocative χῠ́μᾰ
    khŭ́mă     		χῠ́μᾰτε
    khŭ́măte     		χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
    khŭ́mătă
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “χύμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • χύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
      • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1627-8; 1653

      Greek

      Etymology

      From a derivative of Ancient Greek χέω (khéō, “I pour”), along with χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

      Adverb

      χύμα • (chýma)

      1. at bulk, not in a standardised package (for things sold in retail (by volume or weight) in portions at client's discretion, usually from a bigger package)
      2. untidy, disorganized

      References

      • Oswald, John (1868): An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
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