σορός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tworHos (seizer, encloser), from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (to enclose). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *tvȏrъ (creature) and Proto-Slavic *tvoriti (to make).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σορός • (sorósf (genitive σοροῦ); second declension

  1. a vessel for holding human remains, specifically:
    1. urn for cremated remains
    2. coffin
  2. a nickname for an old man or woman

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: σορός (sorós)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σορός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1373

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σορός (sorós), from Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, from *twerH- (to enclose).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈɾos/
  • Hyphenation: σο‧ρός (feminine)
  • Homophone: σωρός (sorós) (masculine)

Noun

σορός • (sorósf (plural σοροί)

  1. corpse, cadaver, dead body
  2. coffin

Declension

Declension of σορός
singular plural
nominative σορός (sorós) σοροί (soroí)
genitive σορού (soroú) σορών (sorón)
accusative σορό (soró) σορούς (soroús)
vocative σορέ (soré)
σορό (soró)
σοροί (soroí)

Synonyms