χρῶμα
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See also: χρώμα
Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēw- (“to grind, rub”), extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”). See χρίω (khríō). Related to χρώς (khrṓs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰro.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxro.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxro.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxro.ma/
Noun[edit]
χρῶμᾰ • (khrôma) n (genitive χρώμᾰτος); third declension
- skin (esp. the human body)
- colour (esp. of the skin or body); pigment
- complexion
- character of style in writing; ornaments
- chromatic scale; music
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χρῶμᾰ tò khrôma |
τὼ χρώμᾰτε tṑ khrṓmate |
τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ tà khrṓmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρώμᾰτος toû khrṓmatos |
τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khrōmátoin |
τῶν χρωμᾰ́των tôn khrōmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρώμᾰτῐ tôi khrṓmati |
τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn khrōmátoin |
τοῖς χρώμᾰσῐ / χρώμᾰσῐν toîs khrṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χρῶμᾰ tò khrôma |
τὼ χρώμᾰτε tṑ khrṓmate |
τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ tà khrṓmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρῶμᾰ khrôma |
χρώμᾰτε khrṓmate |
χρώμᾰτᾰ khrṓmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- χρωμάτινος (khrōmátinos)
- χρωμάτιον (khrōmátion)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “χρῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χρῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χρῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 143, 144
- “χρῶμα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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