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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From earlier ἐέλδωρ (eéldōr), from *ἐϝέλδωρ (*ewéldōr); related to ἔλδομαι (éldomai). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /él.dɔːr/ → /ˈel.ðor/ → /ˈel.ðor/
Noun
ἔλδωρ • (éldōr) n (indeclinable)
- wish; longing, desire
- Synonym: ποθή (pothḗ)
Further reading
- “ἔλδωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔλδωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔλδωρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔλδωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἔλδωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press