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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos, from the root *dʰeh₁-; compare τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɔː.mós/ → /θoˈmos/ → /θoˈmos/
Noun
θωμός • (thōmós) m (genitive θωμοῦ); second declension
- heap
- Synonyms: θημών (thēmṓn), κόρθυς (kórthus), σωρός (sōrós)
Inflection
References
- “θωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θωμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.