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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear. The traditional connection with φέρω (phérō, “to bring”) seems difficult to combine with the varying meanings, which are all connected with the notion of "twining". Schulze therefore connected φάραι (phárai, “to weave, plait”) and φᾶρος (phâros, “piece of cloth”). Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (barms, “lap, bosom”) agrees phonetically with this word, but is also interpreted differently.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰor.mós/ → /ɸorˈmos/ → /forˈmos/
Noun
φορμός • (phormós) m (genitive φορμοῦ); second declension
- basket for carrying corn
- measure of corn
- mat
- seaman's cloak of coarse plaited stuff
- sieve
Inflection
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Further reading
- “φορμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φορμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φορμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN