τόμος

See also: τομός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -ος (-os). Hypothetically inherited from Proto-Hellenic *tómos, from Proto-Indo-European *tómh₁-o-s, from *temh₁- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τόμος • (tómos) m (genitive τόμου); second declension

  1. slice, piece
  2. piece of land
  3. (geometry) frustum
  4. roll of papyrus, tome, volume

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܛܘܡܣܐ‎ (ṭūmsā)
  • → Latin: tomus
    • → French: tome, tomme (learned)
    • → Italian: tomo (learned)
    • → Portuguese: tomo (learned)
  • → Old Armenian: տոմս (toms), տոմ (tom)
  • → Old Armenian: հատոր (hator) (semantic loan)

References

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