Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xíma/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çíma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çíma/

Noun

χεῖμα • ‎(kheîma) n ‎(genitive χείματος); third declension

1. winter
2. frost, cold
3. storm, tempest

Inflection

Derived terms

• χειμών ‎(kheimṓn)

Related terms

• χειμάζω ‎(kheimázō)
• χειμάρροος ‎(kheimárrhoos)
• χειμασία ‎(kheimasía)

References

• χεῖμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χεῖμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χεῖμα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «χεῖμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «χεῖμα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gale idem, page 352.
  • inclement idem, page 428.
  • squall idem, page 807.
  • storm idem, page 821.
  • tempest idem, page 860.
  • tornado idem, page 881.
  • whirlwind idem, page 976.
  • winter idem, page 982.