παλμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πά̆λλω (pá̆llō, “to sway, swing”) + -μός (-mós).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pal.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /palˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /palˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /palˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /palˈmos/
Noun
παλμός • (palmós) m (genitive παλμοῦ); second declension
- quivering motion, pulsation, throbbing, twitching
- palpitation (of the heart)
- vibration, rapid motion
- impetus (of a projectile)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰλμός ho pălmós |
τὼ πᾰλμώ tṑ pălmṓ |
οἱ πᾰλμοί hoi pălmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰλμοῦ toû pălmoû |
τοῖν πᾰλμοῖν toîn pălmoîn |
τῶν πᾰλμῶν tôn pălmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰλμῷ tōî pălmōî |
τοῖν πᾰλμοῖν toîn pălmoîn |
τοῖς πᾰλμοῖς toîs pălmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰλμόν tòn pălmón |
τὼ πᾰλμώ tṑ pălmṓ |
τοὺς πᾰλμούς toùs pălmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰλμέ pălmé |
πᾰλμώ pălmṓ |
πᾰλμοί pălmoí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σφυγμός (sphugmós)
Descendants
- Greek: παλμός (palmós)
- → English: palmo-
- →⇒ Italian: cardiopalmo
- →⇒ Translingual: Palmogloea
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1148: “DER > line 3 > 3. παλμός [m.] 'vibration, pulsation'”
Further reading
- παλμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλμός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “παλμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παλμός in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλμός (palmós) & semantic loan from French oscillation.[1]
Noun
παλμός • (palmós) m (plural παλμοί)
- pulse, heartbeat, palpitation (of the heart)
- throb, throbbing
- oscillation, vibration
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | παλμός (palmós) | παλμοί (palmoí) |
| genitive | παλμού (palmoú) | παλμών (palmón) |
| accusative | παλμό (palmó) | παλμούς (palmoús) |
| vocative | παλμέ (palmé) | παλμοί (palmoí) |
References
- ^ παλμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language