ζωμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζώμος (zṓmos) — Doric

Etymology

Generally connected with ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, beer yeast”), but this is improbable. Connection with ζέω (zéō, “to ferment”), presupposes that *ios-mo- developed into this word regularly.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.mós/ → /zoˈmos/ → /zoˈmos/

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

Noun

ζωμός • (zōmós) m (genitive ζωμοῦ); second declension

1. soup or sauce to eat with meat or fish
2. (figuratively) bloodshed
3. fat, greasy fellow

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ζωμός; τοῦ ζωμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ζωμός ho zōmós	τὼ ζωμώ tṑ zōmṓ	οἱ ζωμοί hoi zōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ζωμοῦ toû zōmoû	τοῖν ζωμοῖν toîn zōmoîn	τῶν ζωμῶν tôn zōmôn
Dative	τῷ ζωμῷ tôi zōmôi	τοῖν ζωμοῖν toîn zōmoîn	τοῖς ζωμοῖς toîs zōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ζωμόν tòn zōmón	τὼ ζωμώ tṑ zōmṓ	τοὺς ζωμούς toùs zōmoús
Vocative	ζωμέ zōmé	ζωμώ zōmṓ	ζωμοί zōmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ ζωμός; τοῦ ζωμῶ (Laconian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ζωμός ho zōmós	τὼ ζωμώ tṑ zōmṓ	τοὶ ζωμοί toì zōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ζωμῶ toû zōmô	τοῖν ζωμοῖν toîn zōmoîn	τῶν ζωμῶν tôn zōmôn
Dative	τῷ ζωμῷ tôi zōmôi	τοῖν ζωμοῖν toîn zōmoîn	τοῖς ζωμοῖς toîs zōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ζωμόν tòn zōmón	τὼ ζωμώ tṑ zōmṓ	τὼς ζωμώς tṑs zōmṓs
Vocative	ζωμέ zōmé	ζωμώ zōmṓ	ζωμοί zōmoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• εὔζωμον (eúzōmon)
• εὔζωμος (eúzōmos)
• ζωμάριον (zōmárion)
• ζώμευμα (zṓmeuma)
• ζωμευτός (zōmeutós)
• ζωμεύω (zōmeúō)
• ζωμήρυσις (zōmḗrusis)
• ζωμίδιον (zōmídion)
• ζωμίλη (zōmílē)
• ζωμίον (zōmíon)
• ζωμοποιέω (zōmopoiéō)
• ζωμοποιός (zōmopoiós)
• ζωμοτάριχος (zōmotárikhos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ζωμός (zomós)
• → Arabic: زُوم (zūm)
  • → Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: zume
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: çumo
    • Galician: zume
    • Portuguese: sumo
  • → Old Spanish: çumo
    • Ladino: sumo
    • Spanish: zumo
• → Classical Syriac: ܙܘܡܐ (zōmā), ܙܘܡܘܣ (zōmōs)

References

• “ζωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζωμός 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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós).

Noun

ζωμός • (zomós) m (plural ζωμοί)

1. gravy, broth

Declension

Declension of ζωμός

	singular	plural
nominative	ζωμός •	ζωμοί •
genitive	ζωμού •	ζωμών •
accusative	ζωμό •	ζωμούς •
vocative	ζωμέ •	ζωμοί •

Related terms

• ζουμί n (zoumí, “juice, essence”)