geomoriEtymologyBorrowed from Ancient Greek γεωμόροι (geōmóroi), ultimately from γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + μέρος (méros, “part, share, portion”), whence the latter comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to assign, allot”). Doublet of gamoroi.nounlandownersthose who own a portion of landclass of oligarchic landowners descending from the first Corinthian settlers who in 733 BC, according to the chronology of Thucydides, had founded Syracuse