ζῶμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈzo.ma/ → /ˈzo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ma/

Noun

ζῶμᾰ • (zôma) n (genitive ζώμᾰτος); third declension

1. loincloth, drawers, worn next the body in a boxing contest
2. (surgery) band used in surgery
3. woman's girdle

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ζῶμᾰ; τοῦ ζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zôma	τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmate	τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tà zṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ζώμᾰτος toû zṓmatos	τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmátoin	τῶν ζωμᾰ́των tôn zōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ζώμᾰτῐ tôi zṓmati	τοῖν ζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn zōmátoin	τοῖς ζώμᾰσῐ / ζώμᾰσῐν toîs zṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζῶμᾰ tò zôma	τὼ ζώμᾰτε tṑ zṓmate	τᾰ̀ ζώμᾰτᾰ tà zṓmata
Vocative	ζῶμᾰ zôma	ζώμᾰτε zṓmate	ζώμᾰτᾰ zṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διάζωμα (diázōma)
• περίζωμα (perízōma)

Further reading

• “ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ζῶμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ζῶμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963