σωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Starting from Proto-Indo-European *twoh₂-ro-, Solmsen seeks connection with σῶς (sôs, “safe, healthy, intact”), also pleading against connection with σορός (sorós, “cup, recipient”). σῶμα (sôma, “body”) has also been compared.^[1] See also Old Armenian թուշ (tʻuš, “cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewHr- (“to swell”), which seems connected to *tewh₂- and which the Greek term may alternatively derive from.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.rós/ → /soˈros/ → /soˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /soˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /soˈros/

Noun

σωρός • (sōrós) m (genitive σωροῦ); second declension

1. heap, pile, mound (especially of corn)

   Synonyms: θημών (thēmṓn), θωμός (thōmós), κόρθυς (kórthus)

2. (in general) heap, quantity

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σωρός ho sōrós	τὼ σωρώ tṑ sōrṓ	οἱ σωροί hoi sōroí
Genitive	τοῦ σωροῦ toû sōroû	τοῖν σωροῖν toîn sōroîn	τῶν σωρῶν tôn sōrôn
Dative	τῷ σωρῷ tôi sōrôi	τοῖν σωροῖν toîn sōroîn	τοῖς σωροῖς toîs sōroîs
Accusative	τὸν σωρόν tòn sōrón	τὼ σωρώ tṑ sōrṓ	τοὺς σωρούς toùs sōroús
Vocative	σωρέ sōré	σωρώ sōrṓ	σωροί sōroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ σωρός; τοῦ σωροῦ (Attic)

Derived terms

• πολύσωρος (polúsōros)
• σώρακος (sṓrakos)
• σωρεία (sōreía)
• σώρευμα (sṓreuma)
• σώρευσις (sṓreusis)
• σωρευτής (sōreutḗs)
• σωρευτικός (sōreutikós)
• σωρευτός (sōreutós)
• σωρεύω (sōreúō)
• σωρηδόν (sōrēdón)
• σωρικός (sōrikós)
• σωρίτης (sōrítēs)
• σωρῖτις (sōrîtis)
• σωροβόλιον (sōrobólion)
• σωροειδής (sōroeidḗs)
• σωρότερος (sōróteros)

 

Descendants

• Greek: σωρός (sorós)
• → New Latin: sōrus (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σωρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1440

Further reading

• “σωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accumulation idem, page 7.
  • heap idem, page 391.
  • litter idem, page 495.
  • mass idem, page 516.
  • pile idem, page 612.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap, mound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: σω‧ρός (masculine)
• Homophone: σορός (sorós) (feminine)

Noun

σωρός • (sorós) m (plural σωροί)

1. heap, pile

Declension

Declension of σωρός

	singular	plural
nominative	σωρός (sorós)	σωροί (soroí)
genitive	σωρού (soroú)	σωρών (sorón)
accusative	σωρό (soró)	σωρούς (soroús)
vocative	σωρέ (soré)	σωροί (soroí)

Synonyms

• στοίβα f (stoíva, “stack, pile”)

Derived terms

• ένα σωρό (éna soró, “loads of, lots of, a whole bunch of”)