Ἀμοργός

See also: Αμοργός, ἄμοργος, and ἀμοργός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀμοργία (Amorgía), Ἀμουργός (Amourgós)

Etymology

From ἀμοργίς (amorgís, “mallow stalks, kind of garment”) from ἀμέργω (amérgō, “to pluck, to pull”). The island was famed for its textiles.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mor.ɡós/ → /a.morˈɣos/ → /a.morˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mor.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.morˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.morˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.morˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.morˈɣos/

Proper noun

Ἀμοργός • (Amorgós) f (genitive Ἀμοργοῦ); second declension

1. Amorgos, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἀμοργός; τῆς Ἀμοργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀμοργός hē Amorgós
Genitive	τῆς Ἀμοργοῦ tês Amorgoû
Dative	τῇ Ἀμοργῷ têi Amorgôi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀμοργόν tḕn Amorgón
Vocative	Ἀμοργέ Amorgé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀμοργῖνος (Amorgînos)
• Ἀμόργιος (Amórgios)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Αμοργός (Amorgós)
• → Latin: Amorgos

Further reading

• “Ἀμοργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀμοργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)