χύμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰumə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewmn̥, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), whence χέω (khéō).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χῠ́μᾰ • (khúma) n (genitive χῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

  1. that which is poured out or flows, fluid
  2. ingot, bar
  3. (figurative) confused mass, aggregate, crowd
  4. materials, constituents

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ χῠ́μᾰ; τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χῠ́μᾰ
tò khúma		 τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε
tṑ khúmate		 τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
tà khúmata
Genitive τοῦ χῠ́μᾰτος
toû khúmatos		 τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν
toîn khumátoin		 τῶν χῠμᾰ́των
tôn khumátōn
Dative τῷ χῠ́μᾰτῐ
tôi khúmati		 τοῖν χῠμᾰ́τοιν
toîn khumátoin		 τοῖς χῠ́μᾰσῐ / χῠ́μᾰσῐν
toîs khúmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ χῠ́μᾰ
tò khúma		 τὼ χῠ́μᾰτε
tṑ khúmate		 τᾰ̀ χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
tà khúmata
Vocative χῠ́μᾰ
khúma		 χῠ́μᾰτε
khúmate		 χῠ́μᾰτᾰ
khúmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “χύμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • (no entry for the specified headword) 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • 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, pages 1627-8; 1653

    Greek

    Etymology

    From a derivative of Ancient Greek χέω (khéō, “I pour”), along with χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

    Adverb

    χύμα • (chýma)

    1. at bulk, not in a standardised package (for things sold in retail (by volume or weight) in portions at client's discretion, usually from a bigger package)
    2. untidy, disorganized

    References
    • Oswald, John (1868): An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
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