ὅρος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- boundary, limit, frontier, landmark
- marking stones, stones used for inscribing legal contracts
- the broad wooden piece serving as the upper part of an oil/wine press
- rule, standard
- term, definition
- goal, end, aim
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *wórwos derived from Proto-Indo-European *werw-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werw-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- urvo Latin
- σύν Ancient Greek
- σύνορον Ancient Greek
- σύνορος Ancient Greek
- σῠ́ν Ancient Greek
- φύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ἀφορίζω Ancient Greek
- ἀφορισμός Ancient Greek
- ὁμός Ancient Greek
- ὁρίζω Ancient Greek
- ὁρισμός Ancient Greek
- ὁροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ὁρῐ́ζω Ancient Greek
- ὅμορος Ancient Greek
- *werw- Proto-Indo-European
- aorist Danish
- ορίζω Greek (modern)
- συνοριοφύλακας Greek (modern)
- σύνορο Greek (modern)
- σύνορον Greek (modern)
- όριο Greek (modern)
- σῠ́νορον gkm
- ὅριον grc-koi
- *wórwos Proto-Hellenic