Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”), like Latin vellus (“fleece”), or from the same root of Ancient Greek εὔληρα (eúlēra, “rein”), Latin lōrum (“thong”) and Old Armenian լար (lar, “rope”). Beekes finds both these proposals unconvincing.
λῶμᾰ • (lômă) n (genitive λώμᾰτος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῶμᾰ tò lômă |
τὼ λώμᾰτε tṑ lṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ λώμᾰτᾰ tằ lṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λώμᾰτος toû lṓmătos |
τοῖν λωμᾰ́τοιν toîn lōmắtoin |
τῶν λωμᾰ́των tôn lōmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λώμᾰτῐ tôi lṓmătĭ |
τοῖν λωμᾰ́τοιν toîn lōmắtoin |
τοῖς λώμᾰσῐ / λώμᾰσῐν toîs lṓmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῶμᾰ tò lômă |
τὼ λώμᾰτε tṑ lṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ λώμᾰτᾰ tằ lṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῶμᾰ lômă |
λώμᾰτε lṓmăte |
λώμᾰτᾰ lṓmătă | ||||||||||
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