σῶμα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of disputed origin:[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῶμα (sôman (genitive σώματος); third declension

  1. body (both that of people and animals)
    1. (Homeric and often in other early works) dead body
  2. One's life in the physical world
  3. That which is material (as opposed to spiritual)
  4. person
  5. An entire thing
  6. (mathematics) three-dimensional object

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῶς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1440-1
  3. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1972) “σῶμα”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 842-43

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