ὄγμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos, from the root *h₂eǵ- (to drive). Cognate with Sanskrit अज्म (ájma, course, passage).[1] Related to the verb ἄγω (ágō, to lead).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄγμος (ógmosm (genitive ὄγμου); second declension

  1. furrow in ploughing
  2. swathe in reaping
  3. strip of cultivated land
  4. (astronomy) orbit of the moon and sun

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References

  1. ^ 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, page 1045

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