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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χέω (khéō, “pour”), but like χυλός (khulós) it is unclear how the long -ῡ- can be explained.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰyː.mós/ → /çyˈmos/ → /çiˈmos/
Noun
χῡμός • (khūmós) m (genitive χῡμοῦ); second declension
- juice of plants
- animal juices, humors
- Synonym: χυλός (khulós)
- flavour, savour
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References
- “χυμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χυμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χυμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “I pour”).
Noun
χυμός • (chymós) m (plural χυμοί)
- juice
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