ἀμύμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “not”) +‎ μῶμος (mômos, “blame, reproach”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.my̌ː.mɔːn/ → /aˈmy.mon/ → /aˈmi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.my̌ː.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmy.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmy.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmy.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.mon/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μῡ́μων • (amū́mōn) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́μῡμον); third declension (Epic, rare in later Greek)

1. blameless, noble, excellent
   1. (Homeric epithet of people, including Aegisthus)
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.29–30:

        Μνήσατο γὰρ κατὰ θῡμὸν ἀμῡ́μονος Αἰγίσθοιο,
        τόν ῥ’ Ἀγαμεμνονίδης τηλεκλυτὸς ἔκταν’ Ὀρέστης·

        Mnḗsato gàr katà thūmòn amū́monos Aigísthoio,
        tón rh’ Agamemnonídēs tēleklutòs éktan’ Oréstēs;

        For [Zeus] recalled in his heart noble Aegisthus,
        whom far-famed Orestes, son of Agamemnon, had slain.

Usage notes

The use of the word for Aegisthus, who was not blameless, since he killed Agamemnon with the help of Clytaemnestra, shows that Homeric epithets are not meant to be taken literally.

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓μῡ́μων; ᾰ̓́μῡμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μῡ́μων amū́mōn	ᾰ̓́μῡμον ámūmon		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονες amū́mones	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονᾰ amū́mona
Genitive		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονος amū́monos	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονος amū́monos		ᾰ̓μῡμόνοιν amūmónoin	ᾰ̓μῡμόνοιν amūmónoin		ᾰ̓μῡμόνων amūmónōn	ᾰ̓μῡμόνων amūmónōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονῐ amū́moni	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονῐ amū́moni		ᾰ̓μῡμόνοιν amūmónoin	ᾰ̓μῡμόνοιν amūmónoin		ᾰ̓μῡ́μοσῐ / ᾰ̓μῡ́μοσῐν amū́mosi(n)	ᾰ̓μῡ́μοσῐ / ᾰ̓μῡ́μοσῐν amū́mosi(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονᾰ amū́mona	ᾰ̓́μῡμον ámūmon		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονᾰς amū́monas	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονᾰ amū́mona
Vocative		ᾰ̓́μῡμον ámūmon	ᾰ̓́μῡμον ámūmon		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονε amū́mone		ᾰ̓μῡ́μονες amū́mones	ᾰ̓μῡ́μονᾰ amū́mona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μῡμόνως amūmónōs			ᾰ̓μῡμονέστερος amūmonésteros			ᾰ̓μῡμονέστᾰτος amūmonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμύμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμύμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀμύμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμύμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀμύμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• ἀμύμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette