ώριμος
See also: ὥριμος
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὥριμος (hṓrimos, “seasonal, timely”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “season, time”). Some senses a semantic loan from French mûr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.ɾi.mos/
- Hyphenation: ώ‧ρι‧μος
Adjective
ώριμος • (órimos) m (feminine ώριμη, neuter ώριμο)
- (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc) ripe, mature, mellow (ready for reaping or gathering, or having attained perfection)
- ώριμα φρούτα ― órima froúta ― ripe fruit
- ώριμο κρασί ― órimo krasí ― mellow wine
- (figuratively) mature, ripe (grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking)
- ώριμος άνθρωπος ― órimos ánthropos ― mature person
- ώριμη απόφαση ― órimi apófasi ― mature decision
Declension
Declension of ώριμος
| number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ώριμος • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμοι • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
| genitive | ώριμου • | ώριμης • | ώριμου • | ώριμων • | ώριμων • | ώριμων • |
| accusative | ώριμο • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμους • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
| vocative | ώριμε • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμοι • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ώριμος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ώριμος, etc.) | |||||
Antonyms
- ανώριμος (anórimos, “immature, unripe”)
- άγουρος (ágouros, “unripe”)
Related terms
- ώριμα (órima) / ωρίμως (orímos, “maturely, ripely”) (adverb)
- ωριμάζω (orimázo, “to mature, to ripen”)
- ωρίμαση f (orímasi, “ripening”)
- ωρίμασμα n (orímasma, “maturing”)
- ωριμότερος (orimóteros, “more mature”) (comparative)
- ωριμότητα f (orimótita, “maturity, ripeness”)
Related terms
- αγουρωπός (agouropós, “almost ripe”)