ἱμάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

As a secondary formation in -ντ-, this word presupposed a noun *ἱμᾱ (*himā) or ἱμα (hima) meaning "rope", which is also continued in ἱμάω (himáō), ἱμάσθλη (himásthlē) and ἱμαῖος (himaîos). An n-stem is continued by ἱμονιά (himoniá), which probably derives from *ἱμων (*himōn). This last form exactly matches Proto-Germanic *sīmô (“rope”), and also Sanskrit सीमन् (sīman, “border, frontier, margin”), all from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂i-men (“to tie, bind”). A suffix -m- is also found in Irish sim (“chain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.mǎːs/ → /iˈmas/ → /iˈmas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.mǎːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈmas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈmas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈmas/

Noun

ἱμᾱ́ς • (himā́s) m (genitive ἱμᾰ́ντος); third declension

1. leathern strap or thong
2. straps on which the body of a chariot was hung
3. boxing glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand
4. chinstrap of a helmet
5. magic girdle of Aphrodite
6. whip, scourge
7. thong or latchet of a sandal
8. dog leash
9. well-rope
10. diseased condition of the uvula
11. (architecture) planks laid on rafters

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἱ̆μᾱ́ς; τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἱ̆μᾱ́ς ho himā́s	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε tṑ himánte	οἱ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντες hoi himántes
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντος toû himántos	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντοιν toîn himántoin	τῶν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντων tôn himántōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντῐ tôi himánti	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντοιν toîn himántoin	τοῖς ῐ̔μᾶσῐ / ῐ̔μᾶσῐν toîs himâsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντᾰ tòn himánta	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε tṑ himánte	τοὺς ῐ̔μᾰ́ντᾰς toùs himántas
Vocative	ῐ̔μᾱ́ς himā́s	ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε himánte	ῐ̔μᾰ́ντες himántes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱμαντάριον (himantárion)
• ἱμαντελιγμός (himanteligmós)
• ἱμαντελικτής (himanteliktḗs)
• ἱμάντηρις (himántēris)
• ἱμαντίδιον (himantídion)
• ἱμάντινος (himántinos)
• ἱμάντιον (himántion)
• ἱμαντίσκος (himantískos)
• ἱμαντισμός (himantismós)
• ἱμαντόδεσμος (himantódesmos)
• ἱμαντόδετος (himantódetos)
• ἱμαντομάχος (himantomákhos)
• ἱμαντοπάροχος (himantopárokhos)
• ἱμαντοπέδη (himantopédē)
• ἱμαντόπους (himantópous)
• ἱμαντοσκελής (himantoskelḗs)
• ἱμαντοτομέω (himantotoméō)
• ἱμαντόω (himantóō)
• ἱμαντώδης (himantṓdēs)
• ἱμάντωμα (himántōma)
• ἱμάντωσις (himántōsis)
• ἱμάσσω (himássō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ιμάντας (imántas)

Further reading

• “ἱμάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἱμάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἱμάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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