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Ancient Greek
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 (mark, “to divide a sacrifice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡe.ɔː.mó.roi̯/ → /ʝe.oˈmo.ry/ → /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
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