σαρμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of σαίρω (saírō, “to sweep, clean”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.mós/ → /sarˈmos/ → /sarˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sarˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sarˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sarˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sarˈmos/

Noun

σαρμός • (sarmós)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: σωρός γῆς (sōrós gês, literally “heap of earth”), κάλλυσμα (kállusma, “sweeping”), ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”), χόρτος (khórtos, “farmyard; fodder, provender”).

Derived terms

• σᾰρμεύω (sarmeúō)

Further reading

• “σαρμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: σ