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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐρύω (erúō) + -μα (-ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.ry.ma/ → /ˈe.ry.ma/ → /ˈe.ri.ma/
Noun
ἔρῠμᾰ • (éruma) n (genitive ἐρύμᾰτος); third declension
- stronghold, protection
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἔρυμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔρυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔρυμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἔρυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- barricade idem, page 63.
- barrier idem, page 63.
- bulwark idem, page 103.
- defence idem, page 204.
- earthwork idem, page 259.
- entrenchment idem, page 278.
- fort idem, page 339.
- protection idem, page 653.
- rampart idem, page 670.
- shelter idem, page 764.
- stronghold idem, page 828.
- tower idem, page 884.
- work idem, page 988.