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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gómos, a derivation of *gem- (“to press together; to grasp”) and so related to γέμω (gémō, “to be full of”), γέντο (génto, “he/she grasped”), Latin gemō (“to sigh, groan”) and Proto-Slavic *žęti (“to press, squeeze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡó.mos/ → /ˈɣo.mos/ → /ˈɣo.mos/
Noun
γόμος • (gómos) m (genitive γόμου); second declension
- freight, cargo, the goods and items carried by a ship or other vessel
- Synonym: φορτῐ́ον (phortíon)
- load, burden, a weight carried by a beast of burden or draught animal
- Synonym: ἄχθος (ákhthos)
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