"κῦμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /kŷː.ma/, /ˈcy.ma/, /ˈci.ma/, /kŷː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈky.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcy.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcy.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈci.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kūmə, equivalent to κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō, “conceive”) + -μᾰ (-mă). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kūmə}} Proto-Hellenic *kūmə, {{af|grc|κῠ́ω|-μᾰ|t1=conceive}} κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō, “conceive”) + -μᾰ (-mă) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κῦμᾰ|κῡ́μᾰτος|n|third}} κῦμᾰ • (kûmă) n (genitive κῡ́μᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κῦμᾰ|κῡ́μᾰτος}} Forms: κῦμᾰ [canonical], kûmă [romanization], κῡ́μᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ κῦμᾰ [nominative, singular], κῡ́μᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ κῡ́μᾰτος [genitive, singular], κῡμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], κῡμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ κῡ́μᾰτῐ [dative, singular], κῡμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κῡ́μᾰσῐ [dative, plural], κῡ́μᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs kū́măsĭ [dative, plural], toîs kū́măsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ κῦμᾰ [accusative, singular], κῡ́μᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], κῦμᾰ [singular, vocative], κῡ́μᾰτε [dual, vocative], κῡ́μᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative], κῦμ’ [alternative, apocopic]
  1. swell, wave, billow
    (figuratively) a wave or flood of people
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-κῦμα-grc-noun-h2Bxu4z~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pregnancy, Water Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 3 22 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Water: 33 33 33 0 0
  2. swell, wave, billow
    (in Tragedy) wave of adversity
    Sense id: en-κῦμα-grc-noun-KlBcgFLY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pregnancy, Water Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 3 22 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Water: 33 33 33 0 0
  3. swell, wave, billow
    a waved or ogee moulding, cyma
    Sense id: en-κῦμα-grc-noun-~QMeWr32 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pregnancy, Water Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 30 18 18 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 16 16 29 19 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 17 17 29 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 3 22 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Water: 33 33 33 0 0
  4. fetus, embryo
    Sense id: en-κῦμα-grc-noun-YE89q0Fg Categories (other): Pregnancy Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 20 20 20 20 20
  5. fetus, embryo
    sprout of a plant
    Sense id: en-κῦμα-grc-noun-nvgyqd30 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pregnancy Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 8 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 3 22 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 20 20 20 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κυμαίνω (kumaínō), κύμανσις (kúmansis), κυματηδόν (kumatēdón), κυματίας (kumatías), κυματίζομαι (kumatízomai), κυμάτιον (kumátion), κυματοαγής (kumatoagḗs), κυματοβόλος (kumatobólos), κυματοδρόμος (kumatodrómos), κυματοειδής (kumatoeidḗs), κυματόεις (kumatóeis), κυματολήγη (kumatolḗgē), κυματοπλήξ (kumatoplḗx), κυματότροφος (kumatótrophos), κυματοφθόρος (kumatophthóros), κυματόω (kumatóō), κυματωγή (kumatōgḗ), κυματώδης (kumatṓdēs), κυμάτωσις (kumátōsis), κυμοδέγμων (kumodégmōn), κυμοδόκη (kumodókē), κυμοθαλής (kumothalḗs), κυμοθόη (kumothóē), κυμόκτυπος (kumóktupos), κυμοπόλεια (kumopóleia), κυμορρώξ (kumorrhṓx), κυμοτόμος (kumotómos), Κυμώ (Kumṓ)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "τὸ κῦμᾰ",
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      "roman": "tằ kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "roman": "toû kū́mătos",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "κῡμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "kūmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "κῡμᾰ́των",
      "roman": "kūmắtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κῡ́μᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kū́mătĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "κῡμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "kūmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κῡ́μᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kū́măsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kū́măsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τὸ κῦμᾰ",
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      ]
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      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτε",
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      "form": "τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "κῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "kûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτε",
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      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῦμ’",
      "roman": "kûm’",
      "tags": [
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        "apocopic"
      ]
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      "expansion": "κῦμᾰ • (kûmă) n (genitive κῡ́μᾰτος); third declension",
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      ],
      "id": "en-κῦμα-grc-noun-nvgyqd30",
      "links": [
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ],
        [
          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kŷː.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kŷː.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κῦμα"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱewh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Pregnancy",
    "grc:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kumaínō",
      "word": "κυμαίνω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kúmansis",
      "word": "κύμανσις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatēdón",
      "word": "κυματηδόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatías",
      "word": "κυματίας"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatízomai",
      "word": "κυματίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumátion",
      "word": "κυμάτιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatoagḗs",
      "word": "κυματοαγής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatobólos",
      "word": "κυματοβόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatodrómos",
      "word": "κυματοδρόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatoeidḗs",
      "word": "κυματοειδής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatóeis",
      "word": "κυματόεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatolḗgē",
      "word": "κυματολήγη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatoplḗx",
      "word": "κυματοπλήξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatótrophos",
      "word": "κυματότροφος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatophthóros",
      "word": "κυματοφθόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatóō",
      "word": "κυματόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatōgḗ",
      "word": "κυματωγή"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumatṓdēs",
      "word": "κυματώδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumátōsis",
      "word": "κυμάτωσις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumodégmōn",
      "word": "κυμοδέγμων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumodókē",
      "word": "κυμοδόκη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumothalḗs",
      "word": "κυμοθαλής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumothóē",
      "word": "κυμοθόη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumóktupos",
      "word": "κυμόκτυπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumopóleia",
      "word": "κυμοπόλεια"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumorrhṓx",
      "word": "κυμορρώξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kumotómos",
      "word": "κυμοτόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kumṓ",
      "word": "Κυμώ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κύμα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κύμα (kýma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κύμα (kýma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "ки́ма"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: ки́ма (kíma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: ки́ма (kíma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cȳma",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: cȳma",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: cȳma (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*kūmə"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kūmə",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κῠ́ω",
        "3": "-μᾰ",
        "t1": "conceive"
      },
      "expansion": "κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō, “conceive”) + -μᾰ (-mă)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kūmə, equivalent to κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō, “conceive”) + -μᾰ (-mă).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κῦμᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kûmă",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ κῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "tò kûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτε",
      "roman": "kū́măte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κῡ́μᾰτος",
      "roman": "toû kū́mătos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "kūmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡμᾰ́των",
      "roman": "kūmắtōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κῡ́μᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kū́mătĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡμᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "kūmắtoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κῡ́μᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kū́măsĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kū́măsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ κῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "tò kûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτε",
      "roman": "kū́măte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κῡ́μᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῦμᾰ",
      "roman": "kûmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτε",
      "roman": "kū́măte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῡ́μᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "kū́mătă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κῦμ’",
      "roman": "kûm’",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "apocopic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κῦμᾰ",
        "2": "κῡ́μᾰτος",
        "3": "n",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "κῦμᾰ • (kûmă) n (genitive κῡ́μᾰτος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κῦμᾰ",
        "2": "κῡ́μᾰτος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swell, wave, billow",
        "a wave or flood of people"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swell",
          "swell"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ],
        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "swell, wave, billow",
        "(figuratively) a wave or flood of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swell, wave, billow",
        "wave of adversity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swell",
          "swell"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ],
        [
          "adversity",
          "adversity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "swell, wave, billow",
        "(in Tragedy) wave of adversity"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Tragedy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swell, wave, billow",
        "a waved or ogee moulding, cyma"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swell",
          "swell"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ],
        [
          "waved",
          "waved"
        ],
        [
          "ogee",
          "ogee"
        ],
        [
          "cyma",
          "cyma"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fetus, embryo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ],
        [
          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fetus, embryo",
        "sprout of a plant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fetus",
          "fetus"
        ],
        [
          "embryo",
          "embryo"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kŷː.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kŷː.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈky.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcy.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈci.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κῦμα"
}

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