σῶμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /sɔ́͜ɔma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /sóːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /sóma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /sóma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /sóma/

Noun

σῶμα (genitive σώματος) n, third declension; (sōma)

1. body (both that of people and animals)
2. dead body (most common in Homer and other early works)
3. One's life in the physical world
4. That which is material (as opposed to spiritual)
5. person
6. An entire thing
7. (mathematics) three-dimensional object

Inflection

Third declension of σῶμᾰ, σώμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σῶμᾰ	τὼ σώμᾰτε	τὰ σώμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ σώμᾰτος	τοῖν σωμάτοιν	τῶν σωμάτων
Dative	τῷ σώμᾰτῐ	τοῖν σωμάτοιν	τοῖς σώμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ σῶμᾰ	τὼ σώμᾰτε	τὰ σώμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	σῶμᾰ	σώμᾰτε	σώμᾰτᾰ

References

• σῶμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G4983