όριο

Greek

Alternative forms

• όριον (órion) — Katharevousa

Etymology

From Koine Greek ὅριον (hórion, “a bound, limit; frontier; region, district”) diminutive of Ancient Greek ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit; frontier; landmark”), from Proto-Hellenic *wórwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀺 (wo-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *werw-. Compare Latin urvō (“to trace, mark out bounds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ri.o/
• Hyphenation: ό‧ρι‧ο

Noun

όριο • (ório) n

1. limit, boundary; border, dividing line

Declension

Declension of όριο

	singular	plural
nominative	όριο •	όρια •
genitive	ορίου •,  όριου •	ορίων •
accusative	όριο •	όρια •
vocative	όριο •	όρια •

Synonyms

• σύνορο (sýnoro), σύνορον (sýnoron)

Derived terms

• όριο ταχύτητας n (ório tachýtitas, “the speed limit”)

Further reading

όριο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language