μύρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is a loan from Latin murcus (“mutilated”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýr.kos/ → /ˈmyr.kos/ → /ˈmir.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýr.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmir.kos/

Adjective

μῠ́ρκος • (mŭ́rkos) m or f (neuter μῠ́ρκον); second declension

1. (in Syracuse) mute, dumb

   Synonyms: ἄφωνος (áphōnos), ἐνεός (eneós), κωφός (kōphós), μυνδός (mundós)

Declension

Second declension of μῠ́ρκος; μῠ́ρκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῠ́ρκος mŭ́rkos	μῠ́ρκον mŭ́rkon		μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō	μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō		μῠ́ρκοι mŭ́rkoi	μῠ́ρκᾰ mŭ́rkă
Genitive		μῠ́ρκου mŭ́rkou	μῠ́ρκου mŭ́rkou		μῠ́ρκοιν mŭ́rkoin	μῠ́ρκοιν mŭ́rkoin		μῠ́ρκων mŭ́rkōn	μῠ́ρκων mŭ́rkōn
Dative		μῠ́ρκῳ mŭ́rkōi	μῠ́ρκῳ mŭ́rkōi		μῠ́ρκοιν mŭ́rkoin	μῠ́ρκοιν mŭ́rkoin		μῠ́ρκοις mŭ́rkois	μῠ́ρκοις mŭ́rkois
Accusative		μῠ́ρκον mŭ́rkon	μῠ́ρκον mŭ́rkon		μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō	μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō		μῠ́ρκους mŭ́rkous	μῠ́ρκᾰ mŭ́rkă
Vocative		μῠ́ρκε mŭ́rke	μῠ́ρκον mŭ́rkon		μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō	μῠ́ρκω mŭ́rkō		μῠ́ρκοι mŭ́rkoi	μῠ́ρκᾰ mŭ́rkă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῠ́ρκως mŭ́rkōs			μῠρκότερος mŭrkóteros			μῠρκότᾰτος mŭrkótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μύρκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μύρκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN