ἀμορβός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mor.bós/ → /a.morˈβos/ → /a.morˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mor.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.morˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.morˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.morˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.morˈvos/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ἀμορβός • (amorbós) m (genitive ἀμορβοῦ); second declension

1. follower, attendant
2. shepherd

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾰμορβός; τοῦ ᾰμορβοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰμορβός ho amorbós	τὼ ᾰμορβώ tṑ amorbṓ	οἱ ᾰμορβοί hoi amorboí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰμορβοῦ toû amorboû	τοῖν ᾰμορβοῖν toîn amorboîn	τῶν ᾰμορβῶν tôn amorbôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰμορβῷ tôi amorbôi	τοῖν ᾰμορβοῖν toîn amorboîn	τοῖς ᾰμορβοῖς toîs amorboîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰμορβόν tòn amorbón	τὼ ᾰμορβώ tṑ amorbṓ	τοὺς ᾰμορβούς toùs amorboús
Vocative	ᾰμορβέ amorbé	ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ	ᾰμορβοί amorboí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμορβαῖος (amorbaîos)
• ἀμορβέω (amorbéō)
• ἀμορβεύω (amorbeúō)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂mergʷ- (“dark”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), Lithuanian márgas (“colorful”), Proto-Celtic *mrixtos (“painted, speckled”).

Adjective

ᾰ̓μορβός • (amorbós) m or f (neuter ᾰμορβόν); second declension

1. dark

Declension

Second declension of ᾰμορβός; ᾰμορβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰμορβός amorbós	ᾰμορβόν amorbón		ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ	ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ		ᾰμορβοί amorboí	ᾰμορβᾰ́ amorbá
Genitive		ᾰμορβοῦ amorboû	ᾰμορβοῦ amorboû		ᾰμορβοῖν amorboîn	ᾰμορβοῖν amorboîn		ᾰμορβῶν amorbôn	ᾰμορβῶν amorbôn
Dative		ᾰμορβῷ amorbôi	ᾰμορβῷ amorbôi		ᾰμορβοῖν amorboîn	ᾰμορβοῖν amorboîn		ᾰμορβοῖς amorboîs	ᾰμορβοῖς amorboîs
Accusative		ᾰμορβόν amorbón	ᾰμορβόν amorbón		ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ	ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ		ᾰμορβούς amorboús	ᾰμορβᾰ́ amorbá
Vocative		ᾰμορβέ amorbé	ᾰμορβόν amorbón		ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ	ᾰμορβώ amorbṓ		ᾰμορβοί amorboí	ᾰμορβᾰ́ amorbá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰμορβῶς amorbôs			ᾰμορβότερος amorbóteros			ᾰμορβότᾰτος amorbótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀμορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμορβός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμορβός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN