χεῖμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰeimə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéymn̥ (“winter”). Cognate with Sanskrit हिम (hima).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰêː.ma/ → /ˈçi.ma/ → /ˈçi.ma/

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

Noun

χεῖμᾰ • (kheîma) n (genitive χείμᾰτος); third declension

1. winter
2. frost, cold
3. storm, tempest

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ χεῖμᾰ; τοῦ χείμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χεῖμᾰ tò kheîma	τὼ χείμᾰτε tṑ kheímate	τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ tà kheímata
Genitive	τοῦ χείμᾰτος toû kheímatos	τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν toîn kheimátoin	τῶν χειμᾰ́των tôn kheimátōn
Dative	τῷ χείμᾰτῐ tôi kheímati	τοῖν χειμᾰ́τοιν toîn kheimátoin	τοῖς χείμᾰσῐ / χείμᾰσῐν toîs kheímasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ χεῖμᾰ tò kheîma	τὼ χείμᾰτε tṑ kheímate	τᾰ̀ χείμᾰτᾰ tà kheímata
Vocative	χεῖμᾰ kheîma	χείμᾰτε kheímate	χείμᾰτᾰ kheímata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χείμαστρον (kheímastron)
• χειμών (kheimṓn)

 

Related terms

• χειμάζω (kheimázō)
• χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos)
• χειμασία (kheimasía)

Further reading

• “χεῖμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χεῖμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χεῖμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χεῖμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χεῖμα 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.
  • gale idem, page 352.
  • inclement idem, page 428.
  • squall idem, page 807.
  • storm idem, page 821.
  • tempest idem, page 860.
  • tornado idem, page 881.
  • whirlwind idem, page 976.
  • winter idem, page 982.