Tomaros
{{Short description|Mountain in Greece}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Tomaros
| photo = Dodona-Greece-April-2008-005.JPG
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 1974
| elevation_ref = [http://www.oreivatein.com/oreivatein/page/mountains/mounts2_9.htm Oreivatein.com]
| listing = List of mountains in Greece
| pronunciation = {{IPA|el|ˈtomaros|lang}}
| location = central Epirus, Greece
| coordinates = {{coord|39.488|N|20.791|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|map = Greece
}}
Tomaros ({{langx|el|Τόμαρος}}, also Ολύτσικας - Olytsikas or Tomaros[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=tmaros 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 A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos, Igoumenitsa - Ioannina -Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli) passes northwest of the mountain with tunnels.
Etymology
Two suggestions have been proposed.Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion
[https://books.google.com/books?id=r-8uIdvkFxsC&q=Tomaros+Illyrian+Greek] 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
[https://books.google.com/books?id=BGMaAAAAMAAJ&q=tomouroi Page 63] By Richmond Yancey Hathorn or chastified (with cutten tail, line oura)Larcher's notes on Herodotus
[https://books.google.com/books?id=seoDAAAAQAAJ&dq=tomuri&pg=PA273 Page 273] By Pierre Henri Larcher or [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%23104244 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", Sanskrit tamas (तमस्) "darkness", Russian tyomnaya (тёмная) "dark", 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.{{verify source|date=February 2012}}