μάργος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄβαρτος (ábartos), ἄμαργος (ámargos), μόργος (mórgos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, all the variations prove a Pre-Greek origin of the word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /már.ɡos/ → /ˈmar.ɣos/ → /ˈmar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /már.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣos/

Adjective

μάργος • (márgos) m (feminine μάργη, neuter μάργον); first/second declension

1. mad, furious, rampant
2. greedy, gluttonous (of appetite)
3. lewd, lustful

Inflection

First and second declension of μᾰ́ργος; μᾰ́ργη; μᾰ́ργον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μᾰ́ργος mắrgos	μᾰ́ργη mắrgē	μᾰ́ργον mắrgon		μᾰ́ργω mắrgō	μᾰ́ργᾱ mắrgā	μᾰ́ργω mắrgō		μᾰ́ργοι mắrgoi	μᾰ́ργαι mắrgai	μᾰ́ργᾰ mắrgă
Genitive		μᾰ́ργου mắrgou	μᾰ́ργης mắrgēs	μᾰ́ργου mắrgou		μᾰ́ργοιν mắrgoin	μᾰ́ργαιν mắrgain	μᾰ́ργοιν mắrgoin		μᾰ́ργων mắrgōn	μᾰ́ργων mắrgōn	μᾰ́ργων mắrgōn
Dative		μᾰ́ργῳ mắrgōi	μᾰ́ργῃ mắrgēi	μᾰ́ργῳ mắrgōi		μᾰ́ργοιν mắrgoin	μᾰ́ργαιν mắrgain	μᾰ́ργοιν mắrgoin		μᾰ́ργοις mắrgois	μᾰ́ργαις mắrgais	μᾰ́ργοις mắrgois
Accusative		μᾰ́ργον mắrgon	μᾰ́ργην mắrgēn	μᾰ́ργον mắrgon		μᾰ́ργω mắrgō	μᾰ́ργᾱ mắrgā	μᾰ́ργω mắrgō		μᾰ́ργους mắrgous	μᾰ́ργᾱς mắrgās	μᾰ́ργᾰ mắrgă
Vocative		μᾰ́ργε mắrge	μᾰ́ργη mắrgē	μᾰ́ργον mắrgon		μᾰ́ργω mắrgō	μᾰ́ργᾱ mắrgā	μᾰ́ργω mắrgō		μᾰ́ργοι mắrgoi	μᾰ́ργαι mắrgai	μᾰ́ργᾰ mắrgă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μᾰ́ργως mắrgōs				μᾰργότερος mărgóteros				μᾰργότᾰτος mărgótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαστρίμαργος (gastrímargos)
• μαργαίνω (margaínō)
• μαργάω (margáō)
• μαργήεις (margḗeis)
• Μαργιτεία (Margiteía)
• Μαργίτης (Margítēs)
• μαργόομαι (margóomai)
• μαργοσύνη (margosúnē)
• μαργότης (margótēs)

Further reading

• “μάργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “μάργος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• μάργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μάργος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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