οἶμος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Noun

οἶμος (oîmosm (genitive οἴμου); second declension

  1. way, road, path
  2. stripe; strip of land
  3. (figurative) the course or strain of a song

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