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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wor, from *h₂wer- (whence ἀείρω (aeírō)). Alternately, from the same root as Sanskrit असि (asi) and Latin ensis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.or/ → /ˈa.or/ → /ˈa.or/
Noun
ἄορ • (áor) n (genitive ἄορος); third declension
- hanger or sword hung in a belt
- any kind of weapon
Inflection
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References
- “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄορ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄορ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄορ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄορ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἄορ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter