τέρσομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Latin terra, Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati), Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʿaṙamim, “I wither”) and Old English þurst (English thirst).
Verb
τέρσομαι • (térsomai)
- to be or become dry, dry up
References
- τέρσομαι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέρσομαι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τέρσομαι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τέρσομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τέρσομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963