θωμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos, from the root *dʰeh₁-; compare τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.mós/ → /θoˈmos/ → /θoˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰoˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θoˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θoˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θoˈmos/

Noun

θωμός • (thōmós) m (genitive θωμοῦ); second declension

1. heap

   Synonyms: θημών (thēmṓn), κόρθυς (kórthus), σωρός (sōrós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θωμός; τοῦ θωμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θωμός ho thōmós	τὼ θωμώ tṑ thōmṓ	οἱ θωμοί hoi thōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ θωμοῦ toû thōmoû	τοῖν θωμοῖν toîn thōmoîn	τῶν θωμῶν tôn thōmôn
Dative	τῷ θωμῷ tôi thōmôi	τοῖν θωμοῖν toîn thōmoîn	τοῖς θωμοῖς toîs thōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν θωμόν tòn thōmón	τὼ θωμώ tṑ thōmṓ	τοὺς θωμούς toùs thōmoús
Vocative	θωμέ thōmé	θωμώ thōmṓ	θωμοί thōmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “θωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accumulation idem, page 7.
  • heap idem, page 391.
  • litter idem, page 495.
  • mass idem, page 516.
  • pile idem, page 612.