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 • (lôma) n (genitive λώμᾰτος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λῶμᾰ tò lôma |
τὼ λώμᾰτε tṑ lṓmate |
τᾰ̀ λώμᾰτᾰ tà lṓmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λώμᾰτος toû lṓmatos |
τοῖν λωμᾰ́τοιν toîn lōmátoin |
τῶν λωμᾰ́των tôn lōmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λώμᾰτῐ tôi lṓmati |
τοῖν λωμᾰ́τοιν toîn lōmátoin |
τοῖς λώμᾰσῐ / λώμᾰσῐν toîs lṓmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῶμᾰ tò lôma |
τὼ λώμᾰτε tṑ lṓmate |
τᾰ̀ λώμᾰτᾰ tà lṓmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῶμᾰ lôma |
λώμᾰτε lṓmate |
λώμᾰτᾰ lṓmata | ||||||||||
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