Μόρυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mó.rys/ → /ˈmo.rys/ → /ˈmo.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.rys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.rys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.rys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.rys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ris/

Proper noun

Μόρῠς • (Mórŭs) m (genitive Μόρῠος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Morys, a Mysian, the son of Hippotium, slain by Meriones

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μόρῠς; τοῦ Μόρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μόρῠς ho Mórŭs
Genitive	τοῦ Μόρῠος toû Mórŭos
Dative	τῷ Μόρῠῐ̈ / Μόρυι tōî Mórŭĭ̈ / Mórui
Accusative	τὸν Μόρῠν tòn Mórŭn
Vocative	Μόρῠ Mórŭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Morys
• → Translingual: Morys

Further reading

• “Μόρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Μόρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette