τομή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /to.mɛ̌ː/ → /toˈmi/ → /toˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈmi/

Noun

τομή • (tomḗ) f (genitive τομῆς); ? declension

1. intersection

Declension

First declension of ἡ τομή; τῆς τομῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τομή hē tomḗ	τὼ τομᾱ́ tṑ tomā́	αἱ τομαί hai tomaí
Genitive	τῆς τομῆς tês tomês	τοῖν τομαῖν toîn tomaîn	τῶν τομῶν tôn tomôn
Dative	τῇ τομῇ têi tomêi	τοῖν τομαῖν toîn tomaîn	ταῖς τομαῖς taîs tomaîs
Accusative	τὴν τομήν tḕn tomḗn	τὼ τομᾱ́ tṑ tomā́	τᾱ̀ς τομᾱ́ς tā̀s tomā́s
Vocative	τομή tomḗ	τομᾱ́ tomā́	τομαί tomaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: τομή (tomí)

Further reading

• τομή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek τομή (tomḗ).

Noun

τομή • (tomí) f (plural τομές)

1. (mathematics) intersection (in geometry and set theory)
2. (surgery) incision, section

Declension

Declension of τομή

	singular	plural
nominative	τομή •	τομές •
genitive	τομής •	τομών •
accusative	τομή •	τομές •
vocative	τομή •	τομές •

Derived terms

• καισαρική τομή f (kaisarikí tomí, “Caesarean section”)