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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἵημι (híēmi, “to throw”) + -μων (-mōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛ̌ː.mɔːn/ → /ˈi.mon/ → /ˈi.mon/
Noun
ἥμων • (hḗmōn) m (genitive ἥμονος); third declension
- thrower, darter
Declension
Further reading
- “ἥμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἥμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἥμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἥμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἥμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963