Ἄμανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. May share an origin with the comparative adjective ἀμείνων, similarly to κρατύς and κρείσσων, implying a meaning of "good".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.maː.nos/ → /ˈa.ma.nos/ → /ˈa.ma.nos/

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

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος • (Ámānos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νου); second declension

1. Amanus; Nur Mountains

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος ho Ámānos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νου toû Amā́nou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓μᾱ́νῳ tôi Amā́nōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́μᾱνον tòn Ámānon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́μᾱνε Ámāne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άμανος (Ámanos)
• → Latin: Amānus

Further reading

• Ἄμανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000