Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xróma/

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

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

Noun

χρῶμα • ‎(khrôma) n ‎(genitive χρώματος); third declension

1. skin (esp. the human body)
2. color (esp. of the skin or body); pigment
3. complexion
4. character of style in writing; ornaments
5. chromatic scale; music

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: χρώμα ‎(chróma)
• English: chromo-

References

• χρῶμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χρῶμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «χρῶμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • colour idem, page 143.
  • complexion idem, page 152.
  • hue idem, page 409.
  • paint idem, page 589.
  • pigment idem, page 612.
  • stain idem, page 809.
  • tinge idem, page 876.
  • tint idem, page 877.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 143, 144