ἱμάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

As a secondary formation in -ντ- (-nt-), presupposes a noun *ῐ̔μᾱ (*hĭmā) or *ῐ̔μᾰ (*hĭmă) meaning "rope", which is also continued in ῐ̔μᾰ́ω (hĭmắō), ῐ̔μᾰ́σθλη (hĭmắsthlē) and ῐ̔μαῖος (hĭmaîos). An n-stem is continued by ῑ̔μονῐᾱ́ (hīmonĭā́), which probably derives from *ῑ̔μων (*hīmōn). This last form exactly matches Proto-Germanic *sīmô (“rope”), and also Sanskrit सी॒मन् (sīmán, “border; frontier; margin”), all from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂i-men (“to tie; to bind”). A suffix -m- is also found in Irish sim (“chain”).

Pronunciation

(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

ῐ̔μᾱ́ς • (hĭmā́s) m (genitive ῐ̔μᾰ́ντος); third declension

leather strap or thong
straps on which the body of a chariot was hung
boxing glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand
chinstrap of a helmet
magic girdle of Aphrodite
whip, scourge
thong or latchet of a sandal
dog leash
well-rope
diseased condition of the uvula
(architecture) planks laid on rafters

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῐ̔μᾱ́ς; τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔μᾱ́ς ho hĭmā́s	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε tṑ hĭmắnte	οἱ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντες hoi hĭmắntes
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντος toû hĭmắntos	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντοιν toîn hĭmắntoin	τῶν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντων tôn hĭmắntōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντῐ tōî hĭmắntĭ	τοῖν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντοιν toîn hĭmắntoin	τοῖς ῐ̔μᾶσῐ / ῐ̔μᾶσῐν toîs hĭmâsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔μᾰ́ντᾰ tòn hĭmắntă	τὼ ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε tṑ hĭmắnte	τοὺς ῐ̔μᾰ́ντᾰς toùs hĭmắntăs
Vocative	ῐ̔μᾱ́ς hĭmā́s	ῐ̔μᾰ́ντε hĭmắnte	ῐ̔μᾰ́ντες hĭmắntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓νῐ́μᾰστος (ănĭ́măstos)
ῐ̔μᾰντᾰ́ρῐον (hĭmăntắrĭon)
ῐ̔μᾰντελῐγμός (hĭmăntelĭgmós)
ῐ̔μᾰντελῐκτής (hĭmăntelĭktḗs)
ῐ̔μᾰ́ντηρῐς (hĭmắntērĭs)
ῐ̔μᾰντῐ́δῐον (hĭmăntĭ́dĭon)
ῐ̔μᾰ́ντῐνος (hĭmắntĭnos)
ῐ̔μᾰ́ντῐον (hĭmắntĭon)
ῐ̔μᾰντῐ́σκος (hĭmăntĭ́skos)
ῐ̔μᾰντῐσμός (hĭmăntĭsmós)
ῐ̔μᾰντόδεσμος (hĭmăntódesmos)
ῐ̔μᾰντόδετος (hĭmăntódetos)
ῐ̔μᾰντομᾰ́χος (hĭmăntomắkhos)
ῐ̔μᾰντοπᾰ́ροχος (hĭmăntopắrokhos)
ῐ̔μᾰντοπέδη (hĭmăntopédē)
ῐ̔μᾰντόπους (hĭmăntópous)
ῐ̔μᾰντοσκελής (hĭmăntoskelḗs)
ῐ̔μᾰντοτομέω (hĭmăntotoméō)
ῐ̔μᾰντόω (hĭmăntóō)
ῐ̔μᾰντώδης (hĭmăntṓdēs)
ῐ̔μᾰ́ντωμᾰ (hĭmắntōmă)
ῐ̔μᾰ́ντωσῐς (hĭmắntōsĭs)
ῐ̔μᾰ́σσω (hĭmắssō)

Related terms

ῐ̔μαῖος (hĭmaîos)
ῑ̔μανήθρη (hīmanḗthrē)
ῑ̔μονῐᾱ́ (hīmonĭā́)
κᾰθῑ̔́ημῐ (kăthhī́ēmĭ)
κᾰθῑμάω (kăthīmáō)
κᾰθῑμονεύω (kăthīmoneúō)
κᾰτῑμονεύω (kătīmoneúō)

Descendants

Greek: ιμάντας (imántas)