LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

cȳma

cȳma n (genitive cȳmatis)
Classical[ˈkyː.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃiː.ma]

Meaning

  1. young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage
  2. hollow sphere
  3. spherical layer, stratum

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecȳmacȳmata
cȳmae
genitivecȳmatis
cȳmae		cȳmatum
cȳmārum
dativecȳmatī
cȳmae		cȳmatibus
cȳmīs
accusativecȳma
cȳmam		cȳmata
cȳmās
ablativecȳmate
cȳmā		cȳmatibus
cȳmīs
vocativecȳmacȳmata
cȳmae

cȳma (cūma), ătis, n., and ae, f., = κῦμα,
I. a young sprout of a cabbage; neutr., Lucil. ap. Non. p. 195, 5; Col. 10, 129; fem., id. 11, 3, 24; 12, 54, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137 sq.; 20, 9, 35, § 90 al.—
II. A hollow sphere, spherical layer, stratum: quarum (naturarum) circa ... centron, aquae primum, aërisque sequens, tertium ignis cyma commemorant, Mart. Cap. 8, § 814 Kopp ad loc.; cf. the context.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
  3. Ancient Greek κῠ́ω(kŭ́ō)
  4. Ancient Greek -μᾰ(-mă)
  5. Latincȳma

Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor. Latin cȳma From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, I conceive”). The Greek nominative plural is κῡ́ματα (kū́mata); *κυμαί (*kumaí), the first-declension nominative plural form which would give precedent to the Latin cȳmae, does not occur.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancima
  • Frenchcime
  • Englishcymafrom French cime
  • Englishcymefrom French cime
  • Frenchcyme
  • Occitancima
  • Franco-Provençalcema
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecimafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cima
  • Spanishcima
  • Aragonesecima
  • Asturiancima
  • Asturiancimeru
  • Galiciancimafrom Old Galician-Portuguese cima
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianciumă
  • Aromanianciumã
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancima
  • Dalmatiančama
  • Istriotseîma
  • Siciliancima
  • Venetansima
  • Venetançima
  • Venetanzhima
Gallo-Italic
  • Liguriançìmme
  • Lombardscima
  • Romagnolzima
Insular Romance
  • Campidanesecima
  • Logudoresechima
Early borrowings
  • Albanianqime

In English words that came into English from cȳma

  • cyme*cima
  • cymacȳma
  • cymosecȳmōsus
  • cymoscopecȳma
  • cymaticcȳma
  • cymatoscopecȳma
  • cymulecȳmula

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCymaCyma (κῦμα), in architecture, an ogee, a wave-shaped moulding, consisting of two curves, the one concave and the other convex. There were two forms, t…

Quick answers

What does cȳma mean in Latin?
cȳma, a noun, means “young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage; hollow sphere; spherical layer, stratum”.
What is the genitive of cȳma?
The genitive singular is cȳmatis. cȳma is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce cȳma?
In classical Latin, [ˈkyː.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈt͡ʃiː.ma].
Where does cȳma come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁éyeti → Ancient Greek κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō) → Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) → Latin cȳma.
Which English words come from cȳma?
English words that go back to Latin cȳma include cyma, cymoscope, cymatic, cymatoscope, cyme and cymose.