ὀπώρα

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Seems to be a contraction of an original *ὀποσάρα (*oposára), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (on, at) (whence ἐπῐ́ (epí)) + *(s)h₁ósr̥, a variant of *(s)h₁ésō (harvest season), from *(s)h₁es- (crop, harvest); the exact formation *(s)h₁ósr̥ is found also in Old Armenian ար-ա-ց (ar-a-cʻ). Other cognates include Russian о́сень (ósenʹ), Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 (asans), and Old English earnian (English earn).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ὀπώρᾱ (opṓrāf (genitive ὀπώρᾱς); first declension

  1. the part of the year between the rising of Sirius and of Arcturus (i. e. the end of July, all August and part of September), the end of summer; later it was used for autumn
    Coordinate terms: χειμών (kheimṓn), ἔαρ (éar), θέρος (théros)
  2. fruit itself (extended from its use for the fruit-time)
  3. (figuratively) summer-bloom; i.e. the bloom of youth

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀπώρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1094-5

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