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Tomaros ((ギリシア語:Τόμαρος), also Ολύτσικας - ''Olytsikas'' or ''Tomaros''〔(Latin Dictionary at Perseus )〕) is a mountain in southwestern Ioannina regional unit, Greece. Rising to the south of the archaeological site of Dodona, it is part of the Pindus mountain range. Its maximum elevation is 1,974 m.〔 The nearest mountains are the Xerovouni to the southeast and the Souli Mountains to the southwest. There are forests in the lower areas, the highest areas consist of dry grasslands. The nearest villages are Vargiades to the southeast, Lippa to the southwest and Dodoni to the north. The Egnatia Odos motorway (Igoumenitsa - Ioannina -Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli) passes northwest of the mountain with tunnels. ==Etymology== Two suggestions have been proposed.〔Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion () By Arthur Bernard Cook〕 Related to Greek ''temno'' cut + ''oros'' mountain (sharp mountain) PIE *tom-/ *tem- "cut", Vale of Tempe, Tomi city, Tomouroi priests of Dodona (wood-cutters)〔Greek Mythology (Page 63 ) By Richmond Yancey Hathorn〕 or chastified (with cutten tail,line oura)〔Larcher's notes on Herodotus (Page 273 ) By Pierre Henri Larcher〕 or ''(tomarion )'' diminutive of ''tomos'' slice, piece of land, tome, volume. Related to Tmor and Tomori mountains in Illyria and Illyrian eponym ''Temus''. A proposed Illyrian word for "dark", PIE *temes akin to Latin ''tenebrae'' "darkness", ''temere'' "blindly, by chance", Old Irish ''temel'' "darkness", Middle Irish ''teimen'' "dark grey", Old High German ''demar'' "darkness", ''dinstar'' "dark", Old Church Slavonic ''tǐma'' "darkness", ''tǐmǐnǔ'' "dark", etc 〔JP Mallory, J.P. and D.Q. Adams. ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture''. London: Fitzroy and Dearborn, 1997: 147.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tomaros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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