ἀμερμουμνῆς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμερουμνῆς (ameroumnês), ἀμεραμνουνῆς (ameramnounês), ἀμεριμνῆς (amerimnês), ἀμουρμής (amourmḗs)

Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn, literally “commander of the believers”), from أَمِير (ʔamīr, “prince; commander”) + مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mer.mumˈnis/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.mer.mumˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.mer.mumˈnis/

Noun

ἀμερμουμνῆς • (amermoumnês) m (genitive ἀμερμουμνοῦ); first declension

1. (Byzantine) a caliphal title used to denote legitimacy in the Muslim community

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀμερμουμνῆς; τοῦ ἀμερμουμνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀμερμουμνῆς ho amermoumnês	τὼ ἀμερμουμνᾶ tṑ amermoumnâ	οἱ ἀμερμουμναῖ hoi amermoumnaî
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμερμουμνοῦ toû amermoumnoû	τοῖν ἀμερμουμναῖν toîn amermoumnaîn	τῶν ἀμερμουμνῶν tôn amermoumnôn
Dative	τῷ ἀμερμουμνῇ tôi amermoumnêi	τοῖν ἀμερμουμναῖν toîn amermoumnaîn	τοῖς ἀμερμουμναῖς toîs amermoumnaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀμερμουμνῆν tòn amermoumnên	τὼ ἀμερμουμνᾶ tṑ amermoumnâ	τοὺς ἀμερμουμνᾶς toùs amermoumnâs
Vocative	ἀμερμουμνῆ amermoumnê	ἀμερμουμνᾶ amermoumnâ	ἀμερμουμναῖ amermoumnaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Medieval Latin: Amormominus, Amoramomeminus, Miramolinus, Mirammomilinus, Mirammumelinus, Mirmuraenus, Mirmumnus
  • French: miramolin
  • Italian: Miramolino
  • Spanish: Miramolín
  • Portuguese: Miramolim

References

• ἀμερμουμνῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμερμουμνῆς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀμερμουμνῆς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Further reading

• Amir al-Mu'minin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia