βωμός

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See also: Βωμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷōmós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₂mós, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”) (whence ἔβην (ébēn)). Compare βῆμᾰ (bêma).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔː.mós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈmos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈmos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈmos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈmos/

Noun

βωμός • (bōmós) m (genitive βωμοῦ); second declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic)

raised platform, pedestal
altar

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βωμός; τοῦ βωμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βωμός ho bōmós	τὼ βωμώ tṑ bōmṓ	οἱ βωμοί hoi bōmoí
Genitive	τοῦ βωμοῦ toû bōmoû	τοῖν βωμοῖν toîn bōmoîn	τῶν βωμῶν tôn bōmôn
Dative	τῷ βωμῷ tôi bōmôi	τοῖν βωμοῖν toîn bōmoîn	τοῖς βωμοῖς toîs bōmoîs
Accusative	τὸν βωμόν tòn bōmón	τὼ βωμώ tṑ bōmṓ	τοὺς βωμούς toùs bōmoús
Vocative	βωμέ bōmé	βωμώ bōmṓ	βωμοί bōmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: βωμός (vomós)

Further reading

“βωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“βωμός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
βωμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βωμός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
βωμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- altar idem, page 25.

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voˈmos/

Noun

βωμός • (vomós) m (plural βωμοί)

(religion) altar
place of religious ceremony or sacrifice

Declension

Declension of **βωμός**
	singular	plural
nominative	βωμός (vomós)	βωμοί (vomoí)
genitive	βωμού (vomoú)	βωμών (vomón)
accusative	βωμό (vomó)	βωμούς (vomoús)
vocative	βωμέ (vomé)	βωμοί (vomoí)

See also

Αγία Τράπεζα f (Agía Trápeza, “high altar”)

Further reading

βωμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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