μωρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μῶρος (môros) — Attic

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally compared with Sanskrit मूर (mūrá, “dull, stupid, foolish”), from Proto-Indo-European *mowHrós, *muHrós (“dull, stupid”), with ablaut ō(u) : ū. However, this ablaut is now considered unacceptable. Words in the semantic category that the Greek belongs to ("slow, foolish") often involve irregular changes and lexical crosses, which makes analysis difficult.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔː.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈros/

Adjective

μωρός • (mōrós) m (feminine μωρᾱ́, neuter μωρόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of μωρός; μωρᾱ́; μωρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μωρός mōrós	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρόν mōrón	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωροί mōroí	μωραί mōraí	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Genitive	μωροῦ mōroû	μωρᾶς mōrâs	μωροῦ mōroû	μωροῖν mōroîn	μωραῖν mōraîn	μωροῖν mōroîn	μωρῶν mōrôn	μωρῶν mōrôn	μωρῶν mōrôn
Dative	μωρῷ mōrôi	μωρᾷ mōrâi	μωρῷ mōrôi	μωροῖν mōroîn	μωραῖν mōraîn	μωροῖν mōroîn	μωροῖς mōroîs	μωραῖς mōraîs	μωροῖς mōroîs
Accusative	μωρόν mōrón	μωρᾱ́ν mōrā́n	μωρόν mōrón	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρούς mōroús	μωρᾱ́ς mōrā́s	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Vocative	μωρέ mōré	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρόν mōrón	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωρᾱ́ mōrā́	μωρώ mōrṓ	μωροί mōroí	μωραί mōraí	μωρᾰ́ mōrá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μωρῶς mōrôs			μωρότερος mōróteros			μωρότᾰτος mōrótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μωρός (morós)
→ Old Armenian: մորոս (moros)

From the neuter singular:

Greek: μωρό (moró, “baby”)
→ Mingrelian: ბორო (boro)
→ English: moron (learned) (see there for further descendants)

From the masculine vocative singular:

Greek: μωρέ (moré)
Byzantine Greek: βρέ (bré)
- Greek: βρε (vre), ρε (re)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بره (bre), به (be)
  - → Albanian: bre
  - → Bulgarian: бе (be), ве (ve), уе (ue)
  - → Macedonian: бе (be), бре (bre)
  - → Romanian: bre
  - → Serbo-Croatian: bre
  - Turkish: bre

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μωρός 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 992

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈɾos/
Hyphenation: μω‧ρός

Adjective

μωρός • (morós) m (feminine μωρή, neuter μωρό)

stupid, silly, daft, simple
Δεν θέλω να κάθομαι να ακούω μωρές κουβέντες.
Den thélo na káthomai na akoúo morés kouvéntes.
I don't want to sit and listen to stupid conversations.

Declension

Declension of μωρός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μωρός •	μωρή •	μωρό •	μωροί •	μωρές •	μωρά •
genitive	μωρού •	μωρής •	μωρού •	μωρών •	μωρών •	μωρών •
accusative	μωρό •	μωρή •	μωρό •	μωρούς •	μωρές •	μωρά •
vocative	μωρέ •	μωρή •	μωρό •	μωροί •	μωρές •	μωρά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο μωρός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο μωρός, etc.)

Synonyms

ανόητος (anóitos, “stupid, dumb”)
κουτός (koutós, “stupid, dumb”)
άμυαλος (ámyalos, “brainless, stupid”)

Antonyms

έξυπνος (éxypnos, “clever”)
συνετός (synetós, “wise”)
ανοιχτομάτης (anoichtomátis, “sharp-eyed”)
ευφυής (effyís, “bright, witty”)

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μωρός 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 992

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