cyma

== English == === Alternative forms === sima, syma [16th century] cima, scima [18th century] === Etymology === From New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”) (whence the botanic usage of cyme), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “to conceive, to become pregnant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.mə/, (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sī′mə Rhymes: -aɪmə Hyphenation: cy‧ma === Noun === cyma (plural cymas or cymae or cymæ or cymata) (architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself. Synonym: ogee (botany) A cyme (opening bud). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “Cyma”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1st edition, volume II, 1893, page 1302 Russel Sturgis (1901), “Cyma”, in A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, […] ‎[1], MacMillan “cyma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “‖cyma”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Macy, YMCA == Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === cȳma: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkyː.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.ma] cȳmā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkyː.maː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.ma] Hyphenation: cȳ‧ma === Noun === cȳma n (genitive cȳmatis); third declension cȳma f (genitive cȳmae); first declension young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage hollow sphere spherical layer, stratum ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cȳmaticus cȳmatilis cȳmatile cȳmōsus cȳmula ==== Related terms ==== cȳmatium ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cyma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cyma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cyma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Old English == === Pronunciation === cyma: IPA(key): /ˈky.mɑ/ cȳma: IPA(key): /ˈkyː.mɑ/ Hyphenation: cy‧ma === Noun === cyma genitive plural of cyme === Adjective === cȳma inflection of cȳme: strong nominative/accusative feminine plural weak nominative masculine singular