χεῖμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰéimə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéymn̥ (winter). Cognate with Sanskrit हिम (hima).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χεῖμᾰ • (kheîmăn (genitive χείμᾰτος); third declension

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

Inflection

Derived terms

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

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χεῖμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1619-20

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.