ὀχύρωμα
See also: οχύρωμα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- οχέρωμα (okhérōma), ’χέρωμα (’khérōma), ’χέρωμαν (’khérōman) — Byzantine
Etymology
From ὀχυρόω (okhuróō, “to fortify, strengthen”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.kʰý.rɔː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈkʰy.ro.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈçy.ro.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈçy.ro.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈçi.ro.ma/
Noun
ὀχύρωμα • (okhúrōma) n (genitive ὀχυρώματος); third declension
- stronghold, fortress, bastion, citadel, castle (a place that has been fortified)
- (military) fortification; the strengthening of one's defenses (the result or completed action of fortifying)
- (figurative) any source of strength on which one relies, such as an argument used to fortify and defend one's opinion
- Synonym: ὄχμος (ókhmos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀχύρωμᾰ tò okhúrōmă |
τὼ ὀχυρώμᾰτε tṑ okhurṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ ὀχυρώμᾰτᾰ tằ okhurṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀχυρώμᾰτος toû okhurṓmătos |
τοῖν ὀχυρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn okhurōmắtoin |
τῶν ὀχυρωμᾰ́των tôn okhurōmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀχυρώμᾰτῐ tōî okhurṓmătĭ |
τοῖν ὀχυρωμᾰ́τοιν toîn okhurōmắtoin |
τοῖς ὀχυρώμᾰσῐ / ὀχυρώμᾰσῐν toîs okhurṓmăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀχύρωμᾰ tò okhúrōmă |
τὼ ὀχυρώμᾰτε tṑ okhurṓmăte |
τᾰ̀ ὀχυρώμᾰτᾰ tằ okhurṓmătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀχύρωμᾰ okhúrōmă |
ὀχυρώμᾰτε okhurṓmăte |
ὀχυρώμᾰτᾰ okhurṓmătă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Descendants
- → Greek: οχύρωμα (ochýroma) (learned)
Further reading
- “ὀχύρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀχύρωμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀχύρωμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3794 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ὀχύρωμα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-), Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.
- ὀχύρωμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language