- ἥμερος
- ἥμεροςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `tame, cultivated' (ο 162, also Tab. Herakl. 1, 172; codd. Pi. and A. wrongly ἅμ-).Compounds: Negated ἀν-ήμερος `uncultivated, raw, wild' (A., hell.); functions as verbal adj. to ἡμερόω, Frisk Adj. priv. 12f. As 1. member in ἡμερό-φυλλος "with improved leaves", `improved' (ἐλαία; Isyll. 20).Derivatives: ἡμερίς (sc. ἄμπελος) `improved vine (ε 69 ) with ἡμερίδης `regarding the ἡμερίς' (οἶνος, Διόνυσος; Plu.); ἡμερότης `tameness, gentleness, cultivation' (IA), ἡμερία `id.' (pap.); denomin. verb ἡμερόω `tame, cultivate, improve' (IA.) with ἡμέρ-ωσις `improvement, cultivation' (Thphr., D. S.), -ωμα `cultivated plant' (Thphr.; cf. Chantraine Formation 186f.), -ωτής `tamer' (Max. Tyr.). On the accent cf. ἐλεύθερος; like this (: ἄγριος) expressing an opposition.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Several hypotheses: to Skt. yámati `tame, subdue'; to Skt. sāntvam n. `gentleness', NHG sanft etc. (Froehde BB. 21, 324f., Pedersen Symb. phil. Danielsson 267); to a Westgerm. word for `sad, sorrowfull', OHG jāmar etc. (Solmsen KZ 32, 147). - ἅμερος hyperdoric (Forssman Unt. z. Spr. Pindars 41ff; Bonfante denies that it is hyperdor. Riv. di Filologia 99 (1971) 68..Page in Frisk: 1,635-636
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.