αὔριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *αὖρι (*aûri), the old locative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-r-, from *h₂ews- (dawn). Cognate with ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, mist, air), ἠώς (ēṓs, daybreak, dawn), and perhaps ἦρι (êri, early in the morning); outside Greek, compare Lithuanian aušrà (dawn) and Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, morning light, daybreak).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

αὔριον (aúrion)

  1. tomorrow
  2. soon

Descendants

  • Greek: αύριο (ávrio)

See also

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αὔριον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172

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