πῶμα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈpo.ma/ → /ˈpo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɔ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ma/

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ποιμήν (poimḗn)
• πῶυ (pôu)

References

• “πῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πόμα (póma)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beverage idem, page 77.
  • draught idem, page 250.
  • drink idem, page 252.