τέρσομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Latin terra, Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati), Old Armenian թառամիմ (tʻaṙamim, “I wither”) and Old English þurst (English thirst).

Verb

τέρσομαι • (térsomai)

1. to be or become dry, dry up

References

• “τέρσομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέρσομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τέρσομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τέρσομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τέρσομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963