Γεωμόροι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Γαμόροι (Gamóroi) — Doric

Etymology

From γεω- (geō-, “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

 

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

Declension

Second declension of οἱ Γεωμόροι; τῶν Γεωμόρων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative οἱ Γεωμόροι
hoi Geōmóroi
Genitive τῶν Γεωμόρων
tôn Geōmórōn
Dative τοῖς Γεωμόροις
toîs Geōmórois
Accusative τοὺς Γεωμόρους
toùs Geōmórous
Vocative Γεωμόροι
Geōmóroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Latin: Geōmorī
    • English: Geomori
    • Italian: Geomori
    • Sicilian: Giùmuri

See also

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