Ancient Greek

Noun

σωρός • ‎(sōrós) m ‎(genitive σωροῦ); second declension

1. heap, mound (especially of corn)
2. heap, quantity

Inflection

Derived terms

• σωρίτης ‎(sōrítēs), σωρείτης ‎(sōreítēs)

Descendants

• New Latin: sorus

References

• σωρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σωρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accumulation idem, page 7.
  • heap idem, page 391.
  • litter idem, page 495.
  • mass idem, page 516.
  • pile idem, page 612.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωρός ‎(sōrós, “heap, mound”).

Noun

σωρός • ‎(sorós) m ‎(plural σωροί)

1. heap, pile

Declension

Derived terms

• ένα σωρό ‎(éna soró, “loads of, lots of, a whole bunch of”)

Synonyms

• στοίβα f ‎(stoíva, “stack, pile”)