Γεωμόροι

Γεωμόροι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γαμόροι (Gamóroi)

Etymology

From From γῆ (gê, “earth”) +‎ μέρος (méros, “part, share, portion”), whence the latter comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”). See also Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai), Latin mereō, merx and Hittite [script needed] (mark, “to divide a sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔː.mó.roi̯/ → /ɣe.oˈmo.ry/ → /ʝe.oˈmo.ri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔː.mó.roi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.oˈmo.ry/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣe.oˈmo.ry/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈmo.ry/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈmo.ri/

Proper noun

Γεωμόροι • (Geōmóroi) m pl (genitive Γεωμόρῶν); second declension

1. landowners
2. (literally) those who own a portion of land
3. (historical) class of oligarchic landowners descending from the first Corinthian settlers who in 733 BC, according to the chronology of Thucydides, had founded Syracuse

Antonyms

• Κυλλύριοι (Kullúrioi)

Descendants

• English: Geomori
• Latin: Geomoroi
• Italian: Geomori
• Sicilian: Giòmuri

See also

• Κασμέναι (Kasménai)
• Γαμόροι (Gamóroi)