πρόωρος

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πρόωρος (próōros) with semantic loan from French précoce and prématuré.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾo.o.ɾos/
  • Hyphenation: πρό‧ω‧ρος

Adjective

πρόωρος • (próoros) m (feminine πρόωρη, neuter πρόωρο)

  1. premature
  2. early (before the appointed or expected time)

Declension

Declension of πρόωρος
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative πρόωρος (próoros) πρόωρη (próori) πρόωρο (próoro) πρόωροι (próoroi) πρόωρες (próores) πρόωρα (próora)
genitive πρόωρου (próorou) πρόωρης (próoris) πρόωρου (próorou) πρόωρων (próoron) πρόωρων (próoron) πρόωρων (próoron)
accusative πρόωρο (próoro) πρόωρη (próori) πρόωρο (próoro) πρόωρους (próorous) πρόωρες (próores) πρόωρα (próora)
vocative πρόωρε (próore) πρόωρη (próori) πρόωρο (próoro) πρόωροι (próoroi) πρόωρες (próores) πρόωρα (próora)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ πρόωρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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