Μορμώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μορμών (Mormṓn)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mor.mɔ̌ː/ → /morˈmo/ → /morˈmo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mor.mɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /morˈmo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /morˈmo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /morˈmo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /morˈmo/

Proper noun

Μορμώ • (Mormṓ) f (genitive Μορμόος or Μορμοῦς); third declension

1. Mormo, a monstrous spectre in Greek mythology, used as a bogey to frighten children

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μορμώ; τῆς Μορμόος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μορμώ hē Mormṓ
Genitive	τῆς Μορμόος / Μορμοῦς tês Mormóos / Mormoûs
Dative	τῇ Μορμοῖ têi Mormoî
Accusative	τὴν Μορμώ tḕn Mormṓ
Vocative	Μορμοῖ Mormoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Mormo, mormo
• Greek: Μορμώ (Mormó)
• Latin: Mormo

References

• “Μορμώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press