πῶμα

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *poh₂mn̥, from *peh₂- (“to protect”). Cognates include Sanskrit पात्र (pātra), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr), German Futter.

Noun

πῶμᾰ • (pôma) n (genitive πώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. lid, cover
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πῶμᾰ; τοῦ πώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πῶμᾰ
tò pôma 		τὼ πώμᾰτε
tṑ pṓmate 		τᾰ̀ πώμᾰτᾰ
tà pṓmata
Genitive τοῦ πώμᾰτος
toû pṓmatos 		τοῖν πωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pōmátoin 		τῶν πωμᾰ́των
tôn pōmátōn
Dative τῷ πώμᾰτῐ
tôi pṓmati 		τοῖν πωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pōmátoin 		τοῖς πώμᾰσῐ / πώμᾰσῐν
toîs pṓmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ πῶμᾰ
tò pôma 		τὼ πώμᾰτε
tṑ pṓmate 		τᾰ̀ πώμᾰτᾰ
tà pṓmata
Vocative πῶμᾰ
pôma 		πώμᾰτε
pṓmate 		πώμᾰτᾰ
pṓmata
Notes:

References

Etymology 2

From the root of πίνω (pínō, “I drink”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma); from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Noun

πῶμᾰ • (pôma) n (genitive πώμᾰτος); third declension

  2. drink, draught
  3. cup for drinking
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ πῶμᾰ; τοῦ πώμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πῶμᾰ
tò pôma 		τὼ πώμᾰτε
tṑ pṓmate 		τᾰ̀ πώμᾰτᾰ
tà pṓmata
Genitive τοῦ πώμᾰτος
toû pṓmatos 		τοῖν πωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pōmátoin 		τῶν πωμᾰ́των
tôn pōmátōn
Dative τῷ πώμᾰτῐ
tôi pṓmati 		τοῖν πωμᾰ́τοιν
toîn pōmátoin 		τοῖς πώμᾰσῐ / πώμᾰσῐν
toîs pṓmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ πῶμᾰ
tò pôma 		τὼ πώμᾰτε
tṑ pṓmate 		τᾰ̀ πώμᾰτᾰ
tà pṓmata
Vocative πῶμᾰ
pôma 		πώμᾰτε
pṓmate 		πώμᾰτᾰ
pṓmata
Notes:

References

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