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ἄνδηρον

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Neumann points to the fact that many words connected with irrigation don't look of Indo-European origin and, beside this word, he mentions ἄρδω (árdō, to irrigate) and γόργῡρα (górgūra, underground drain). Furnée thinks that the suffix "-ηρον" is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἄνδηρον (ándēronn (genitive ἀνδήρου); second declension

  1. raised bank by the side of a river or ditch
  2. dam, dyke
  3. border, edge of the sea
  4. border for plants or flowers

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: άνδηρο (ándiro)

Further reading

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