όμηρος

See also: Όμηρος, Ὅμηρος, and ὅμηρος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”); possibly ultimately from a combination of Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”) + PIE suffix meaning "to join," in the sense of a master carpenter or wheel-maker.

Noun

όμηρος • (ómiros) m or f (plural όμηροι)

  1. hostage

Declension

Declension of όμηρος
singular plural
nominative όμηρος (ómiros) όμηροι (ómiroi)
genitive ομήρου (omírou) ομήρων (omíron)
accusative όμηρο (ómiro) ομήρους (omírous)
vocative όμηρε (ómire) όμηροι (ómiroi)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.