διάζωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δια- (dia-) +‎ ζῶμα (zôma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɔː.ma/ → /ðiˈa.zo.ma/ → /ðiˈa.zo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.áz.dɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.zo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.zo.ma/

Noun

δῐάζωμᾰ • (diázōma) n (genitive δῐαζώμᾰτος); third declension

1. girdle, drawers, loincloth
2. diaphragm
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.17

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δῐάζωμᾰ; τοῦ δῐαζώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῐάζωμᾰ tò diázōma	τὼ δῐαζώμᾰτε tṑ diazṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐαζώμᾰτᾰ tà diazṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ δῐαζώμᾰτος toû diazṓmatos	τοῖν δῐαζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn diazōmátoin	τῶν δῐαζωμᾰ́των tôn diazōmátōn
Dative	τῷ δῐαζώμᾰτῐ tôi diazṓmati	τοῖν δῐαζωμᾰ́τοιν toîn diazōmátoin	τοῖς δῐαζώμᾰσῐ / δῐαζώμᾰσῐν toîs diazṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῐάζωμᾰ tò diázōma	τὼ δῐαζώμᾰτε tṑ diazṓmate	τᾰ̀ δῐαζώμᾰτᾰ tà diazṓmata
Vocative	δῐάζωμᾰ diázōma	δῐαζώμᾰτε diazṓmate	δῐαζώμᾰτᾰ diazṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “διάζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάζωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάζωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάζωμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apron idem, page 37.
  • belt idem, page 73.
  • drawers idem, page 251.
  • girdle idem, page 359.
  • zone idem, page 997.