ωρύομαι

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὠρύομαι (ōrúomai). Cognate with Latin rāvis (hoarseness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈri.o.me/
  • Hyphenation: ω‧ρύ‧ο‧μαι

Verb

ωρύομαι (orýomai) deponent found only in the present and imperfect tenses

  1. (formal) to howl (with anger, pain)
  2. to howl (also of animals)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Of animals and humans:

Of humans:

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rāvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515

Further reading

  • ωρύομαιΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.