κῶμα

See also: κώμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱumbʰ- (compare Latin incumbō (to lie down), English coomb and Old English cumb (hollow; narrow valley).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῶμα • (kôma) n (genitive κώματος); third declension

  1. deep sleep, lethargy
    Synonyms: κᾰ́ρος (káros), νῶκᾰρ (nôkar)
  2. coma

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • κῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κῶμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κῶμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κῶμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κῶμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κῶμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • 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
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