μωρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῶρος (môros) — Attic

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally compared with Sanskrit मूर (mūrá, “dull, stupid, foolish”), from Proto-Indo-European *mowHrós, *muHrós (“dull, stupid”), with ablaut ō(u) : ū. However, this ablaut is now considered unacceptable. Words in the semantic category that the Greek belongs to ("slow, foolish") often involve irregular changes and lexical crosses, which makes analysis difficult.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔː.rós/ → /moˈros/ → /moˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈros/

Adjective

μωρός • (mōrós) m (feminine μωρᾱ́, neuter μωρόν); first/second declension

1. slow, sluggish
2. slow, dull, foolish, stupid
3. insipid, flavorless, flat

Inflection

First and second declension of μωρός; μωρᾱ́; μωρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μωρός mōrós	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρόν mōrón		μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ		μωροί mōroí	μωραί mōraí	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Genitive		μωροῦ mōroû	μωρᾶς mōrâs	μωροῦ mōroû		μωροῖν mōroîn	μωραῖν mōraîn	μωροῖν mōroîn		μωρῶν mōrôn	μωρῶν mōrôn	μωρῶν mōrôn
Dative		μωρῷ mōrôi	μωρᾷ mōrâi	μωρῷ mōrôi		μωροῖν mōroîn	μωραῖν mōraîn	μωροῖν mōroîn		μωροῖς mōroîs	μωραῖς mōraîs	μωροῖς mōroîs
Accusative		μωρόν mōrón	μωρᾱ́ν mōrā́n	μωρόν mōrón		μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ		μωρούς mōroús	μωρᾱ́ς mōrā́s	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Vocative		μωρέ mōré	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρόν mōrón		μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ		μωροί mōroí	μωραί mōraí	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μωρῶς mōrôs				μωρότερος mōróteros				μωρότᾰτος mōrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μωρός (morós)
• → Old Armenian: մորոս (moros)

From the neuter singular:

• Greek: μωρό (moró, “baby”)
• → Mingrelian: ბორო (boro)
• → English: moron (learned) (see there for further descendants)

From the masculine vocative singular:

• Greek: μωρέ (moré)
• Byzantine Greek: βρέ (bré)
  • Greek: βρε (vre), ρε (re)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بره (bre), به (be)
    • → Albanian: bre
    • → Bulgarian: бе (be), ве (ve), уе (ue)
    • → Macedonian: бе (be), бре (bre)
    • → Romanian: bre
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bre
    • Turkish: bre

Further reading

• “μωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3474 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: μω‧ρός

Adjective

μωρός • (morós) m (feminine μωρή, neuter μωρό)

1. stupid, silly, daft, simple

   Δεν θέλω να κάθομαι να ακούω μωρές κουβέντες.

   Den thélo na káthomai na akoúo morés kouvéntes.

   I don't want to sit and listen to stupid conversations.

Declension

Declension of μωρός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μωρός (morós)	μωρή (morí)	μωρό (moró)		μωροί (moroí)	μωρές (morés)	μωρά (morá)
genitive	μωρού (moroú)	μωρής (morís)	μωρού (moroú)		μωρών (morón)	μωρών (morón)	μωρών (morón)
accusative	μωρό (moró)	μωρή (morí)	μωρό (moró)		μωρούς (moroús)	μωρές (morés)	μωρά (morá)
vocative	μωρέ (moré)	μωρή (morí)	μωρό (moró)		μωροί (moroí)	μωρές (morés)	μωρά (morá)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μωρός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μωρός, etc.)

Synonyms

• ανόητος (anóitos, “stupid, dumb”)
• κουτός (koutós, “stupid, dumb”)
• άμυαλος (ámyalos, “brainless, stupid”)

Antonyms

• έξυπνος (éxypnos, “clever”)
• συνετός (synetós, “wise”)
• ανοιχτομάτης (anoichtomátis, “sharp-eyed”)
• ευφυής (effyís, “bright, witty”)