θέρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéros (heat; warm weather, from *gʷʰer- (warm, hot) + *-os (action noun suffix)).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θέρος • (théros) n (genitive θέρους or θέρεος); third declension

  1. heat
  2. summer
    Coordinate terms: ὀπώρα (opṓra), χειμών (kheimṓn), ἔαρ (éar)
  3. harvest, crop

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Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθe.ɾos/
  • Hyphenation: θέ‧ρος

Etymology 1

A borrowing from Ancient Greek θέρος (théros), retaining the neuter gender.

Noun

θέρος • (théros) n (uncountable)

  1. (singular only, formal, sciences) summer, summertime
    Synonym: καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri)
Declension
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek θέρος (théros) with change of gender to masculine.

Noun

θέρος • (théros) m (uncountable)

  1. (singular only) harvest, vintage
  2. (singular only) harvest time
Declension

Further reading

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