ὀπώρα

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 20 July 2015

Alternative forms

  • ὀπώρη (opṓrē) Ionic
  • ὀπάρα (opára)
  • ὁπώρα (hopṓra)

Etymology

Seems to be a contraction of an original *ὀποσάρα (*oposára), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₁ósr̥, a variant of *h₁ésō (harvest season) (root *(s)h₁es- (crop, harvest)) 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).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀπώρᾱ • (opṓrā) f (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

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