φορμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. The traditional connection with φέρω (phérō, “to bring”) seems difficult to combine with the varying meanings, which are all connected with the notion of "twining". Schulze therefore connected φάραι (phárai, “to weave, plait”) and φᾶρος (phâros, “piece of cloth”). Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (barms, “lap, bosom”) agrees phonetically with this word, but is also interpreted differently.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰor.mós/ → /ɸorˈmos/ → /forˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰor.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰorˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸorˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /forˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /forˈmos/

Noun

φορμός • (phormós) m (genitive φορμοῦ); second declension

1. basket for carrying corn
2. measure of corn
3. mat
4. seaman's cloak of coarse plaited stuff
5. sieve

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φορμός; τοῦ φορμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φορμός ho phormós	τὼ φορμώ tṑ phormṓ	οἱ φορμοί hoi phormoí
Genitive	τοῦ φορμοῦ toû phormoû	τοῖν φορμοῖν toîn phormoîn	τῶν φορμῶν tôn phormôn
Dative	τῷ φορμῷ tôi phormôi	τοῖν φορμοῖν toîn phormoîn	τοῖς φορμοῖς toîs phormoîs
Accusative	τὸν φορμόν tòn phormón	τὼ φορμώ tṑ phormṓ	τοὺς φορμούς toùs phormoús
Vocative	φορμέ phormé	φορμώ phormṓ	φορμοί phormoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φορμηδόν (phormēdón)
• φορμίον (phormíon)
• φορμίς (phormís)
• φορμίσκιον (phormískion)
• φορμίσκος (phormískos)
• φορμοκοιτέω (phormokoitéō)
• φορμορραφέομαι (phormorrhaphéomai)
• φορμορραφίς (phormorrhaphís)
• φορμοφορέω (phormophoréō)
• φορμόφορος (phormóphoros)

 

Further reading

• “φορμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φορμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φορμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN