κῶμα

See also: κώμα

Ancient Greek

Unknown. Brugmann's derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *kōi-mn̥, from *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle”) (whence also κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie outstretched”)), is rejected by Beekes for what is in his view an unacceptable lengthened grade ablaut.^[1] Another theory tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbō (“to lie down”), English coomb and Old English cumb (“hollow; narrow valley”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

κῶμα • (kôma) n (genitive κώματος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῶμᾰ tò kôma	τὼ κώμᾰτε tṑ kṓmate	τᾰ̀ κώμᾰτᾰ tà kṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ κώμᾰτος toû kṓmatos	τοῖν κωμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōmátoin	τῶν κωμᾰ́των tôn kōmátōn
Dative	τῷ κώμᾰτῐ tôi kṓmati	τοῖν κωμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōmátoin	τοῖς κώμᾰσῐ / κώμᾰσῐν toîs kṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κῶμᾰ tò kôma	τὼ κώμᾰτε tṑ kṓmate	τᾰ̀ κώμᾰτᾰ tà kṓmata
Vocative	κῶμᾰ kôma	κώμᾰτε kṓmate	κώμᾰτᾰ kṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῶμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 814

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