ώριμος
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See also: ὥριμος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek ὥριμος (hṓrimos, “seasonal, timely”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “season, time”). Some senses a semantic loan from French mûr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ώριμος • (órimos) m (feminine ώριμη, neuter ώριμο)
- (of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc) ripe, mature, mellow (ready for reaping or gathering, or having attained perfection)
- ώριμα φρούτα ― órima froúta ― ripe fruit
- ώριμο κρασί ― órimo krasí ― mellow wine
- (figuratively) mature, ripe (grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking)
- ώριμος άνθρωπος ― órimos ánthropos ― mature person
- ώριμη απόφαση ― órimi apófasi ― mature decision
Declension
[edit]Declension of ώριμος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ώριμος • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμοι • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
genitive | ώριμου • | ώριμης • | ώριμου • | ώριμων • | ώριμων • | ώριμων • |
accusative | ώριμο • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμους • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
vocative | ώριμε • | ώριμη • | ώριμο • | ώριμοι • | ώριμες • | ώριμα • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο ώριμος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ώριμος, etc.) |
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- αγουρωπός (agouropós, “almost ripe”)