ἀμαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Mostly connected with ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to weaken”), but this is just a guess. One further connects ἀμβλύς (amblús, “blunt, dulled; dim”), but this, too, is doubtful. Furnée connects it with ἁπαλός (hapalós, “soft, tender”), with the Pre-Greek interchange labial μ/π; this is possible, but remains uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.lós/ → /a.maˈlos/ → /a.maˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ma.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.maˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈlos/

Adjective

ἀμᾰλός • (amalós) m (feminine ἀμᾰλή, neuter ἀμᾰλόν); first/second declension

1. (of young animals) soft, tender, weak

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀμᾰλός; ἀμᾰλή; ἀμᾰλόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμᾰλός amalós	ἀμᾰλή amalḗ	ἀμᾰλόν amalón		ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ	ἀμᾰλᾱ́ amalā́	ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ		ἀμᾰλοί amaloí	ἀμᾰλαί amalaí	ἀμᾰλᾰ́ amalá
Genitive		ἀμᾰλοῦ amaloû	ἀμᾰλῆς amalês	ἀμᾰλοῦ amaloû		ἀμᾰλοῖν amaloîn	ἀμᾰλαῖν amalaîn	ἀμᾰλοῖν amaloîn		ἀμᾰλῶν amalôn	ἀμᾰλῶν amalôn	ἀμᾰλῶν amalôn
Dative		ἀμᾰλῷ amalôi	ἀμᾰλῇ amalêi	ἀμᾰλῷ amalôi		ἀμᾰλοῖν amaloîn	ἀμᾰλαῖν amalaîn	ἀμᾰλοῖν amaloîn		ἀμᾰλοῖς amaloîs	ἀμᾰλαῖς amalaîs	ἀμᾰλοῖς amaloîs
Accusative		ἀμᾰλόν amalón	ἀμᾰλήν amalḗn	ἀμᾰλόν amalón		ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ	ἀμᾰλᾱ́ amalā́	ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ		ἀμᾰλούς amaloús	ἀμᾰλᾱ́ς amalā́s	ἀμᾰλᾰ́ amalá
Vocative		ἀμᾰλέ amalé	ἀμᾰλή amalḗ	ἀμᾰλόν amalón		ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ	ἀμᾰλᾱ́ amalā́	ἀμᾰλώ amalṓ		ἀμᾰλοί amaloí	ἀμᾰλαί amalaí	ἀμᾰλᾰ́ amalá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀμᾰλῶς amalôs				ἀμᾰλώτερος amalṓteros				ἀμᾰλώτᾰτος amalṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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