ἐγκόμβωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai, “to bind a thing on oneself”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kóm.bɔː.ma/ → /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/ → /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kóm.bɔː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈkom.bo.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡom.bo.ma/

Noun

ἐγκόμβωμᾰ • (enkómbōma) n (genitive ἐγκομβώμᾰτος); third declension

1. sort of frock or apron, worn especially by slaves to keep their tunic clean
2. kind of sheepskin coat worn by shepherds

   Synonym: κοσῠ́μβη (kosúmbē)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ; τοῦ ἐγκομβώμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ tò enkómbōma	τὼ ἐγκομβώμᾰτε tṑ enkombṓmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ tà enkombṓmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκομβώμᾰτος toû enkombṓmatos	τοῖν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkombōmátoin	τῶν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́των tôn enkombōmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκομβώμᾰτῐ tôi enkombṓmati	τοῖν ἐγκομβωμᾰ́τοιν toîn enkombōmátoin	τοῖς ἐγκομβώμᾰσῐ / ἐγκομβώμᾰσῐν toîs enkombṓmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐγκόμβωμᾰ tò enkómbōma	τὼ ἐγκομβώμᾰτε tṑ enkombṓmate	τᾰ̀ ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ tà enkombṓmata
Vocative	ἐγκόμβωμᾰ enkómbōma	ἐγκομβώμᾰτε enkombṓmate	ἐγκομβώμᾰτᾰ enkombṓmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐγκόμβωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκόμβωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγκόμβωμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)