ἀμορβός

Ancient Greek

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

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.

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

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

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
Derived forms	ᾰμορβῶς amorbôs		ᾰμορβότερος amorbóteros		ᾰμορβότᾰτος amorbótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“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