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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σείω (seíō, “to shake”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːz.mós/ → /sizˈmos/ → /sizˈmos/
Noun
σεισμός • (seismós) m (genitive σεισμοῦ); second declension
- shaking, shock
- earthquake
- storm
- agitation, commotion
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “σεισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σεισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4578 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- concussion idem, page 156.
- cοnvulsion idem, page 193.
- earthquake idem, page 259.
- oscillation idem, page 580.
- quaking idem, page 662.
- rocking idem, page 720.
- shock idem, page 767.
- trembling idem, page 893.
- upheaval idem, page 938.
- vibration idem, page 950.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós).
Noun
σεισμός • (seismós) m (plural σεισμοί)
- earthquake, tremor
Declension
Further reading