Ἀμόριον
See also: Αμόριον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἀμόρα (amóra) -ῐον (-ion), or related to ᾰ̓μόργη (amórgē, “pressed olives; dye”), or possibly of Semitic stem relation to Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿĂmōrā) from a root meaning "deep with water" (a city name transcribed in the LXX as Γόμορρα (Gómorrha)).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mó.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
Proper noun
editἈμόριον • (Amórion) n (genitive Ἀμόριου); second declension
- (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ Ἀ̆μόρῐον tò Amórion | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀ̆μορῐ́ου toû Amoríou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀ̆μορῐ́ῳ tôi Amoríōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ Ἀ̆μόρῐον tò Amórion | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀ̆μόρῐον Amórion | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Ἀμόριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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