Tomaros (, also Ολύτσικας - ''Olytsikas'' or ''Tomaros'') is a mountain in southwestern Ioannina regional unit,

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. Rising to the south of the archaeological site of

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, it is part of the

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mountain range. Its maximum elevation is 1,974 m. The nearest mountains are the

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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

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to the north. The A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos,

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- Kozani -

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) passes northwest of the mountain with tunnels.

Etymology

Two suggestions have been proposed. Related to Greek '' temno'' cut + '' oros'' mountain (sharp mountain)

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*tom-/*tem- "cut",

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and Illyrian eponym ''Temus''. A proposed Illyrian word for "dark",

*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

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References

{{Authority control Landforms of Ioannina (regional unit) Mountains of Greece Mountains of Epirus (region)