βάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷarus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂-u-s (heavy). Cognate with Latin gravis, Sanskrit गुरु (gurú), Persian گران (gerân, expensive), Armenian երկան (erkan), Tocharian B krāmärts, krāmär, Old Church Slavonic жрьнꙑ (žrĭny), Russian жёрнов (žórnov), Lithuanian girna, Welsh bryw, Irish bair, Old English cweorn (English quern), Old High German quirn (German Querne)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βᾰ́ρος (báros) n (genitive βᾰ́ρεος or βᾰ́ρους); third declension

  1. weight, burden, load
  2. grief, sorrow
  3. plenty
  4. dignity, influence, power

Inflection

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Greek

Noun

βάρος (város) n (plural βάρη)

  1. (physics) mass
  2. weight, heaviness
  3. burden, load, cargo
  4. (figuratively) onus

Declension

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