Τόμαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A mountain with the same name exists in Berat, Albania, and other places also share a similar name, namely Tomorrica in Skrapar, Related to Greek temno cut + oros mountain (sharp mountain) PIE *tom-/*tem- "cut", Vale of Tempe, Tomi city, Tomouroi priests of Dodona (wood-cutters) or chastified (with cutten tail, line oura) or tomarion diminutive of tomos slice, piece of land, tome, volume.Τόμαρος (Tómaros) and Illyrian *Temus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-o-. Altogether suggests a common Illyrian origin. Alternatively related to marr (“obtain, get”) from Proto-Albanian *mar(en)-, thus meaning "obtainer".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tó.ma.ros/ → /ˈto.ma.ros/ → /ˈto.ma.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tó.ma.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ma.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ma.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ma.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ma.ros/

Proper noun

Τόμᾰρος • (Tómaros) m (genitive Τομάρου); second declension

1. Tomarus, a mountain of Epirus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Τόμᾰρος; τοῦ Τομᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τόμᾰρος ho Tómaros
Genitive	τοῦ Τομᾰ́ρου toû Tomárou
Dative	τῷ Τομᾰ́ρῳ tôi Tomárōi
Accusative	τὸν Τόμᾰρον tòn Tómaron
Vocative	Τόμᾰρε Tómare
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Tomarus

Further reading

• Τόμαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette