- πῶμα 1
- πῶμα 1.Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `lid, cover' of chest, pot, tube etc. (ep. ion. Il., Arist., hell. a. late).Derivatives: πωμ-άτιον n. dimin. (Sor.); -ατίας m. `kind of snail' (Dsc.) and two denominatives: 1. πωμάζω, also m. ἐπι-, περι- a.o. `to cover, close with a lid' (Arist., Hero a.o.) with ἐπιπωμασμός (Eust.) and the backformation ἐπίπωμα `lid' (Gal. a.o.), to which ἐπιπωματικός (sch.); 2. πωματίζω, mostly ἐπι-, περι-, ἀπο-'id.' (Arist., Thphr. a.o.) with ἐπιπωμάτισις (VIp). To this the seemingly primary ἐπιπωμάννυμαι `to be covered' (Hero).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [787] *peh₂- `guard, protect'Etymology: Old verbal noun from IE *poh₂-mn̥ beside *poh₂-tro-m n. in Skt. pā́tram `case, barrel', Germ., e.g. Goth. fodr `sheath, cover', NHG Futter (of cloth). The primary verb is retained in Skt. pā́-ti `guard, protect' (IE *peh₂-). On the basis of the words belonging to it, ποιμήν, πῶυ (\< *πῶι̯υ) one posited a root with an original long diphthong pōi- (thus Pok. 839); s. ποιμήν w. further lit. (we now know that they had (*peh₂-i-, poh₂-i-).Page in Frisk: 2,635-636
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.