"χρῶμα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χρῶμα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/, /ˈxro.ma/, /ˈxro.ma/, /kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰro.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈxro.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈxro.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈxro.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēw- (“to grind, rub”), extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”). See χρίω (khríō). Related to χρώς (khrṓs). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*kʰrṓwmə}} Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*gʰrēw-||to grind, rub}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēw- (“to grind, rub”), {{m|ine-pro|*gʰer-||to rub}} *gʰer- (“to rub”), {{m|grc|χρίω}} χρίω (khríō), {{m|grc|χρώς}} χρώς (khrṓs) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χρώμᾰτος|n|third|head=χρῶμᾰ}} χρῶμᾰ • (khrôma) n (genitive χρώμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χρῶμᾰ|χρώμᾰτος}} Forms: χρῶμᾰ [canonical], khrôma [romanization], χρώμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ χρῶμᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ χρώμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ χρώμᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν χρωμᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ χρώμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν χρωμᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς χρώμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], χρώμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs khrṓmasi [dative, plural], toîs khrṓmasin [dative, plural], τὸ χρῶμᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ χρώμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ χρώμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], χρῶμᾰ [singular, vocative], χρώμᾰτε [dual, vocative], χρώμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. skin (esp. the human body)
    Sense id: en-χρῶμα-grc-noun-mbcknks0
  2. colour (esp. of the skin or body); pigment
    Sense id: en-χρῶμα-grc-noun-2oRUFLgk
  3. complexion
    Sense id: en-χρῶμα-grc-noun-c0pBR-cw
  4. character of style in writing; ornaments
    Sense id: en-χρῶμα-grc-noun-T3bz-RZb
  5. chromatic scale; music Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-χρῶμα-grc-noun-bMfw1AgN Disambiguation of Music: 6 5 0 16 73 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 4 30 44 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 12 5 30 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 9 11 12 30 38 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 12 5 30 43 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 9 10 5 32 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: χρωμάτινος (khrōmátinos), χρωμάτιον (khrōmátion)

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/"
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        "3": "third",
        "head": "χρῶμᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "χρῶμᾰ • (khrôma) n (genitive χρώμᾰτος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χρῶμᾰ",
        "2": "χρώμᾰτος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "skin (esp. the human body)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "colour (esp. of the skin or body); pigment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "pigment",
          "pigment"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "complexion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complexion",
          "complexion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "character of style in writing; ornaments"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "ornaments",
          "ornaments"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chromatic scale; music"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chromatic",
          "chromatic"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰrɔ̂ː.ma/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰro.ma/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxro.ma/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χρῶμα"
}

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