"όμηρος" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”); possibly ultimately from a combination of Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”) + PIE suffix meaning "to join," in the sense of a master carpenter or wheel-maker. Etymology templates: {{der|el|grc|ὅμηρος||hostage}} Ancient Greek ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”), {{der|el|ine-pro|*dʰǵʰm̥mō||earthling}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|όμηροι|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=nouns of mixed gender|cat4=|g=m|g2=f|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=}} όμηρος • (ómiros) m or f (plural όμηροι), {{el-noun|m|όμηροι|g2=f}} όμηρος • (ómiros) m or f (plural όμηροι) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|όμηρος|όμηροι|ομήρου|ομήρων|όμηρο|ομήρους|όμηρε|όμηροι|ap=|gp=|gs=|note=|np=|vp=}} Forms: ómiros [romanization], όμηροι [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], όμηρος [nominative, singular], όμηροι [nominative, plural], ομήρου [genitive, singular], ομήρων [genitive, plural], όμηρο [accusative, singular], ομήρους [accusative, plural], όμηρε [singular, vocative], όμηροι [plural, vocative]
  1. hostage Related terms: ομηρία (omiría) (english: state of being a hostage) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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