- βωμός
- βωμόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `raised platform, stand (for chariots), base (of a statue), altar' (Il.).Compounds: βωμολόχος `one that waited about the altars to steal the meat, ribald'.Derivatives: βωμίς `step' (Hdt.; on the word CEG 6), βωμίσκος techn. term (Hero.); βῶμαξ οΏ μικρὸς βωμός, ὑποκοριστικῶς H. - βωμῖτις (sc. γῆ) `sacred land' (Pergamon). - βωμίστρια `priestess' (Nic.; on -ίστρια Chantr. Form. 106); βώμᾱξ βωμολόχος H., s. Chantr. Form. 381f. on -αξ, Björck Alpha impurum 263 n. 1. - Adj. βώμιος (S.), also month name (Lamia); βωμιαῖος (S.). Note βώμηνεν ὤμοσε H. from *βωμαίνω `swear (with the hand on the altar)'.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [463] *gʷoh₂-mos `stand'Etymology: Verbal noun to ἔ-βη-ν (ἔ-βᾱ-ν), *gʷoh₂mos; for the meaning cf. βάσις and OP gāʮu- `place, throne' (from gā- = βᾱ-, βη-).Page in Frisk: 1,279
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.