δῶμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῶ (dô) — Epic

Etymology

Reanalyzed as a -μᾰ-stem from Epic δῶ (dô), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home; house”). Compare δόμος (dómos), δεσπότης (despótēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈðo.ma/ → /ˈðo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.ma/

Noun

δῶμᾰ • (dôma) n (genitive δώμᾰτος); third declension

1. house
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.44
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.62
   1. chief room, hall
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.316
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.329
   2. (in the plural) a single house
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.259
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 607
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 332
      • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 301
   3. halls of the gods
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.13
        13.21
      1. the nether world
         • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.21
         • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 110
         • 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 808
      2. (figurative) temple
         • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.53
         • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 242
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.62
         • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 71
   4. (δῶμα Καδμεῖον) Thebes
      • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 29
   5. housetop
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 22.8
      • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 24:17
      • Babr. 5.5
2. household, family
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1468
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1226

Declension

Third declension of τὸ δῶμᾰ; τοῦ δώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δῶμᾰ tò dôma	τὼ δώμᾰτε tṑ dṓmate	τᾰ̀ δώμᾰτᾰ tà dṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ δώμᾰτος toû dṓmatos	τοῖν δωμᾰ́τοιν toîn dōmátoin	τῶν δωμᾰ́των tôn dōmátōn
Dative	τῷ δώμᾰτῐ tôi dṓmati	τοῖν δωμᾰ́τοιν toîn dōmátoin	τοῖς δώμᾰσῐ / δώμᾰσῐν toîs dṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ δῶμᾰ tò dôma	τὼ δώμᾰτε tṑ dṓmate	τᾰ̀ δώμᾰτᾰ tà dṓmata
Vocative	δῶμᾰ dôma	δώμᾰτε dṓmate	δώμᾰτᾰ dṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of δῶμᾰ; δώμᾰτος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δῶμᾰ dôma	δώμᾰτε dṓmate	δώμᾰτᾰ dṓmata
Genitive	δώμᾰτος dṓmatos	δωμᾰ́τοιῐν dōmátoiin	δωμᾰ́των dōmátōn
Dative	δώμᾰτῐ dṓmati	δωμᾰ́τοιῐν dōmátoiin	δώμᾰσῐ / δώμᾰσῐν / δωμᾰ́τεσσῐ / δωμᾰ́τεσσῐν / δωμᾰ́τεσῐ / δωμᾰ́τεσῐν dṓmasi(n) / dōmátessi(n) / dōmátesi(n)
Accusative	δῶμᾰ dôma	δώμᾰτε dṓmate	δώμᾰτᾰ dṓmata
Vocative	δῶμᾰ dôma	δώμᾰτε dṓmate	δώμᾰτᾰ dṓmata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• δωμᾰ́τῐον (dōmátion)
• δωμᾰτῑ́της (dōmatī́tēs)
• δωμᾰτῖτῐς (dōmatîtis)
• δωμᾰτόομαι (dōmatóomai)
• δωμᾰτοφθορέω (dōmatophthoréō)
• δωμάω (dōmáō)
• δώμημᾰ (dṓmēma)
• δώμησῐς (dṓmēsis)
• δωμήτωρ (dōmḗtōr)

Descendants

• →? Albanian: dhomë (“room, chamber”)
• → Latin: dōma (“house, dwelling; roof”)

Further reading

• “δῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δῶμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δῶμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δῶμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δῶμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1430 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abode idem, page 2.
  • apartment idem, page 33.
  • chamber idem, page 123.
  • domicile idem, page 247.
  • dwelling idem, page 257.
  • family idem, page 305.
  • home idem, page 403.
  • house idem, page 408.
  • household idem, page 408.
  • room idem, page 721.