βερνώμεθα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly akin to μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive”), μέρος (méros, “part”). Alternatively borrowed from a Paleo-Balkan language, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bring”) akin to Ancient Greek φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”).

Verb

βερνώμεθα • (bernṓmetha) (Laconian)

1. to appoint (first-person singular optative present)

   Synonym: κληρόω (klēróō)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:

     βερνώμεθα· κληρωσώμεθα. Λάκωνες

     bernṓmetha; klērōsṓmetha. Lákōnes

     bernṓmetha: we shall appoint

Related terms

• βερρέαι (berrhéai)
• ^? βερωνετῶν (berōnetôn)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βερνώμεθα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
• Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “βερνώμεθα”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 233