μώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /ˈmo.ri.os/ → /ˈmo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/

Noun

μώρῐος • (mṓrĭos) f (genitive μωρῐ́ου); second declension

1. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)

   Synonyms: ἀλοῖτις (aloîtis), μανδραγόρας (mandragóras)

2. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

   Synonyms: ἁλικάκκαβον (halikákkabon), κακκαλία (kakkalía), στρύχνον (strúkhnon)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ μώρῐος; τῆς μωρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μώρῐος hē mṓrĭos	τὼ μωρῐ́ω tṑ mōrĭ́ō	αἱ μώρῐοι hai mṓrĭoi
Genitive	τῆς μωρῐ́ου tês mōrĭ́ou	τοῖν μωρῐ́οιν toîn mōrĭ́oin	τῶν μωρῐ́ων tôn mōrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ μωρῐ́ῳ têi mōrĭ́ōi	τοῖν μωρῐ́οιν toîn mōrĭ́oin	ταῖς μωρῐ́οις taîs mōrĭ́ois
Accusative	τὴν μώρῐον tḕn mṓrĭon	τὼ μωρῐ́ω tṑ mōrĭ́ō	τᾱ̀ς μωρῐ́ους tā̀s mōrĭ́ous
Vocative	μώρῐε mṓrĭe	μωρῐ́ω mōrĭ́ō	μώρῐοι mṓrĭoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μώριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette