"χερμάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χερμάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰer.más/, /çerˈmas/, /çerˈmas/, /kʰer.más/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kʰerˈmas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /çerˈmas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /çerˈmas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /çerˈmas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase): "From Proto-Hellenic *kʰermáts. Connected with χείρ (kheír, “hand”) by ancient sources, this word reminds of χέρμα (khérma, “pebble”) and χέραδος (khérados, “silt, gravel”), which are also unclear. If the word belongs to χέραδος (khérados), it is probably Pre-Greek. Otherwise, it may be from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰer- along with χέρμα (khérma) and κέγχρος (kénkhros). The formally unobjectionable connection with Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (“permanent house, building”) remains hypothetical because of the meaning." Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʰermáts}} Proto-Hellenic *kʰermáts, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|grc|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|iir-pro|*ȷ́ʰarmyám||permanent house, building}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (“permanent house, building”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χερμᾰ́δος|f|third|head=χερμᾰ́ς}} χερμᾰ́ς • (khermắs) f (genitive χερμᾰ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χερμᾰ́ς|χερμᾰ́δος}} Forms: χερμᾰ́ς [canonical], khermắs [romanization], χερμᾰ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ χερμᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ χερμᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ χερμᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς χερμᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν χερμᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν χερμᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ χερμᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν χερμᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς χερμᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], χερμᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs khermắsĭ [dative, plural], taîs khermắsĭn [dative, plural], τὴν χερμᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ χερμᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς χερμᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], χερμᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], χερμᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], χερμᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. large pebble or stone, especially for throwing or slinging, slingstone Synonyms: σφενδόνη
    Sense id: en-χερμάς-grc-noun-1ct4JLXr Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (in later poets) large block of stone
    Sense id: en-χερμάς-grc-noun-fzpotahE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: χερμᾰ́δῐον (khermắdĭon), χερμᾰ́δῐος (khermắdĭos), χερμᾰ́ζω (khermắzō), χερμᾰστήρ (khermăstḗr), χερμᾰ́τής (khermắtḗs), χερμᾰτῐστής (khermătĭstḗs)
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      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/"
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      "ipa": "/kʰer.más/",
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/",
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      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/",
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  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large pebble or stone, especially for throwing or slinging, slingstone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pebble",
          "pebble"
        ],
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "throw",
          "throw"
        ],
        [
          "sling",
          "sling"
        ],
        [
          "slingstone",
          "slingstone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "σφενδόνη"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large block of stone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in later poets) large block of stone"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in later poets"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰer.más/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰer.más/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰerˈmas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/çerˈmas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χερμάς"
}

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