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Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek ὅριον (hórion, “a bound, limit; frontier; region, district”) diminutive of Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit; frontier; landmark”), from Proto-Hellenic *wórwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀺 (wo-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *werw-. Compare Latin urvō (“to trace, mark out bounds”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.ri.o/
- Hyphenation: ό‧ρι‧ο
Noun
όριο • (ório) n
- limit, boundary; border, dividing line
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Further reading
όριο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language