Γεωμόροι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Γαμόροι (Gamóroi)

Etymology

From From γῆ (gê, “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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔː.mó.roi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.oˈmo.ry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣe.oˈmo.ry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈmo.ry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.oˈmo.ri/

Proper noun

Γεωμόροι • (Geōmóroi) m pl (genitive Γεωμόρῶν); second declension

landowners
(literally) those who own a portion of land
(historical) class of oligarchic landowners descending from the first Corinthian settlers who in 733 BC, according to the chronology of Thucydides, had founded Syracuse

Antonyms

Κυλλύριοι (Kullúrioi)

Descendants

English: Geomori
Latin: Geomoroi
Italian: Geomori
Sicilian: Giòmuri

See also

Κασμέναι (Kasménai)
Γαμόροι (Gamóroi)

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