cyma

See also: сума

English

Alternative forms

• sima, syma [16th century]
• cima, scima [18th century]

Etymology

From New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”) (whence the botanic usage of cyme), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “I conceive, I become pregnant”).

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Most English coinages on this root are formed on its short stem, κῡμ- (kūm-). The fact that the Ancient Greek etymon only inflects as a third-declension neuter noun has led some writers to prescribe forms that preserve the root’s long stem, κῡματ- (kūmat-), for philological reasons (see, for example, the 1903 and 1908 citations of cymatoscope), but such forms are rare.

Latinate phrases that include cyma, namely cyma inversa, cyma recta, and cyma reversa, show that, when employed as a Latin word, cȳma is treated as a first-declension feminine noun rather than as third-declension neuter consonant-stem noun.

There are several Classical precedents, both from Latin and from Ancient Greek, for formations on the short stem (κῡμ- (kūm-)) of this root, although formations on the long stem (κῡματ- (kūmat-)) are more common in Ancient Greek; consequently, whereas formations on the long stem may be preferable, especially when combined with other Ancient Greek elements, formations on the short stem are by no means incorrect.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sīʹmə, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪmə/
• Rhymes: -aɪmə

Noun

cyma (plural cymas or cymae or cymæ or cymata)

1. (architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
2. (botany) A cyme.

Derived terms

• cyma inversa
• cyma recta, cyma rectum
• cyma reversa
• cymatic
• cymograph
• cymoid, cymatoid

Related terms

• cymaise
• cymatics
• cymatile
• cymatium
• cymatograph
• cymatolite
• cyme
• cymelet
• cymiferous
• cymobotryose
• cymoid
• cymophane
• cymophanous
• cymoscope, cymatoscope
• cymose
• cymosely
• cymotrichous, cymatotrichous
• cymotrichy
• cymous
• cymule
• cymulose

Translations

architecture: wavelike moulding of the cornice

• German: Kyma (de) n, Sima (de) f, Schmuckleiste f, griechische Schmuckleiste f
• Greek: κυμάτιο (el) n (kymátio)

botany: cyme — see cyme

References

• “‖ Cyma” listed on page 1,302 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]
  ‖ Cyma (səi·mă). Also 6 syma, 6–9 sima, 7–8 scima, 8–9 cima. [mod.L., a. Gr. κῦμα anything swollen, a billow, a wave, a waved or ogee moulding, the young sprout of a cabbage (in which sense also L. cȳma, whence the botanical use).] [¶] 1. Arch. A moulding of the cornice, the outline of which consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. [¶] Cyma recta: a moulding concave in its upper part, and convex in its lower part. Cyma reversa (rarely inversa): a moulding convex in its upper part, and concave in its lower part. [¶] 1563 Shute Archit. Ci b, 4 partes geue also to Sima reuersa. Ibid. Ciij b, That second parte which remayneth of the Modulus ye shall geue vnto Syma. 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 267 Scima reversa..Scima recta, or Ogee. 1726 Leoni Alberti’s Archit. II. 34 b, A Cima inversa of the breadth of two minutes. 1761 Brit. Mag. II. 642 The true cima, or cimaise. 1850 Leitch Müller’s Anc. Art. § 249. 258 A base of several plinths and cymas. [¶] 2. Bot. = Cyme 1 and 2. [¶] 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Cyma..the young Sprout of Coleworts, or other Herbs: a little Shoot, or Branch: But it is more especially taken by Herbalists for the top of any Plant. 1775 Lightfoot Flora Scotia (1792) I. 236 The cyma, or little umbel which terminates the branches.
• Sturgis, Russel. Cyma, in A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical,... MacMillan Co.:1901.[1]
• “cyma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “‖cyma” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Anagrams

• Macy, YMCA

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo”), from κύω (kúō, “I am pregnant, I conceive”).

The Greek nominative plural is κῡ́ματα (kū́mata); *κυμαί (*kumaí), the first-declension nominative plural form which would give precedent to the Latin cȳmae, does not occur.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.ma/, [ˈkyːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ma/, [ˈt͡ʃiːmä]

Noun

cȳma n (genitive cȳmatis); third declension
cȳma f (genitive cȳmae); first declension

1. young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage
2. hollow sphere
3. spherical layer, stratum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). Case Singular Plural Nominative cȳma cȳmata Genitive cȳmatis cȳmatum Dative cȳmatī cȳmatibus Accusative cȳma cȳmata Ablative cȳmate cȳmatibus Vocative cȳma cȳmata

First-declension noun. Case Singular Plural Nominative cȳma cȳmae Genitive cȳmae cȳmārum Dative cȳmae cȳmīs Accusative cȳmam cȳmās Ablative cȳmā cȳmīs Vocative cȳma cȳmae

Derived terms

• cȳmaticus
• cȳmatilis
  • cȳmatile
• cȳmōsus
• cȳmula

Related terms

• cȳmatium

Descendants

• Albanian: qime
• Aromanian: ciumã
• Dalmatian: čama
• English: cyma, cyme
• French: cime
• Galician: cima
• Istriot: seîma
• Italian: cima
• Occitan: cima
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cima
• Portuguese: cima
• Romanian: ciumă (See there for further descendants)
• Sicilian: cima
• Spanish: cima
• Venetian: sima

References

• “cyma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cyma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cyma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin