ἄγαμος

See also: άγαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ γάμος (gámos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡa.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/

Adjective

ἄγᾰμος • (ágămos) m or f (neuter ἄγᾰμον); second declension

1. unmarried, single

Usage notes

• In Classical Greek, ἄγαμος is used for males only. ἄνανδρος (ánandros) is the term used for females. In later Greek, however, ἄγαμος is also found applied to women, as in the New Testament (Corinthians I, 7:11).

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́γᾰμος; ᾰ̓́γᾰμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́γᾰμος ắgămos	ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ắgămon		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō		ᾰ̓́γᾰμοι ắgămoi	ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ắgămă
Genitive		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μου ăgắmou	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μου ăgắmou		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν ăgắmoin	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν ăgắmoin		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μων ăgắmōn	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μων ăgắmōn
Dative		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μῳ ăgắmōi	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μῳ ăgắmōi		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν ăgắmoin	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν ăgắmoin		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοις ăgắmois	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοις ăgắmois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ắgămon	ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ắgămon		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μους ăgắmous	ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ắgămă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́γᾰμε ắgăme	ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ắgămon		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō	ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω ăgắmō		ᾰ̓́γᾰμοι ắgămoi	ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ắgămă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓γᾰ́μως ăgắmōs			ᾰ̓γᾰμώτερος ăgămṓteros			ᾰ̓γᾰμώτᾰτος ăgămṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αγαμία (agamía)
• → English: agamy

Further reading

• “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγαμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G22 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bachelor idem, page 57.
  • celibate idem, page 120.
  • single idem, page 777.
  • unmarried idem, page 925.