χυμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally taken as a nominal derivation of χέω (khéō, “to pour”), but like χυλός (khulós, “juice, gruel”), it is unclear how the long -ῡ- can be explained.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰyː.mós/ → /çyˈmos/ → /çiˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰyː.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰyˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çyˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çyˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈmos/

Noun

χῡμός • (khūmós) m (genitive χῡμοῦ); second declension

1. juice of plants
2. animal juices, humors

   Synonym: χυλός (khulós)

3. flavour, savour

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χῡμός; τοῦ χῡμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χῡμός ho khūmós	τὼ χῡμώ tṑ khūmṓ	οἱ χῡμοί hoi khūmoí
Genitive	τοῦ χῡμοῦ toû khūmoû	τοῖν χῡμοῖν toîn khūmoîn	τῶν χῡμῶν tôn khūmôn
Dative	τῷ χῡμῷ tôi khūmôi	τοῖν χῡμοῖν toîn khūmoîn	τοῖς χῡμοῖς toîs khūmoîs
Accusative	τὸν χῡμόν tòn khūmón	τὼ χῡμώ tṑ khūmṓ	τοὺς χῡμούς toùs khūmoús
Vocative	χῡμέ khūmé	χῡμώ khūmṓ	χῡμοί khūmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χυμίζω (khumízō)
• χυμίον (khumíon)
• χυμόω (khumóō)
• χυμώδης (khumṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: χυμός (chymós)
• → Latin: chȳmus

Further reading

• “χυμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χυμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χυμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “I pour”).

Noun

χυμός • (chymós) m (plural χυμοί)

1. juice

Declension

Declension of χυμός

	singular	plural
nominative	χυμός •	χυμοί •
genitive	χυμού •	χυμών •
accusative	χυμό •	χυμούς •
vocative	χυμέ •	χυμοί •

Derived terms

• αποχυμωτής m (apochymotís, “juicer”)
• φρουτοχυμός m (froutochymós, “fruit juice”)
• χυμώδης (chymódis, “juicy”, adjective)

Further reading

• χυμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el