χρῶμα

See also χρώμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreu (“to grind, rub”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kʰrɔ́͜ɔma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kʰróːma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /xróma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /xróma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /xɾóma/

Noun

χρῶμα (genitive χρώματος) n, third declension; (khrōma)

1. colour; color
2. pigment
3. complexion

Inflection

Third declension of χρῶμᾰ, χρώμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χρῶμᾰ	χρώμᾰτε	χρώμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	χρώμᾰτος	χρωμάτοιν	χρωμάτων
Dative	χρώμᾰτῐ	χρωμάτοιν	χρώμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	χρῶμᾰ	χρώμᾰτε	χρώμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	χρῶμᾰ	χρώμᾰτε	χρώμᾰτᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: χρώμα

References

• χρῶμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 143, 144