σύνορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From σῠν- (sun-, “beside, with, along with”) +‎ ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”), from Proto-Hellenic *wórwos (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀺𐀺 (wo-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *werw-; possible cognates include Latin urvō (“to trace, mark out bounds”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

σῠ́νορος • (súnoros) m or f (neuter σῠ́νορον); second declension

  1. conterminous with, neighboring, bordering

Declension

  • συνορέω (sunoréō, “to border, be conterminous with”)
  • συνορία (sunoría, “borderland, neighboring location, frontier”)
  • συνόριον (sunórion, “borderland, neighboring location, frontier”)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: σύνορον (súnoron, “border, boundary, limit”)
    • Greek: σύνορο (sýnoro, “border, boundary; frontier”)

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