ἄμορφος

See also: άμορφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.mor.pʰos/ → /ˈa.mor.ɸos/ → /ˈa.mor.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.mor.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.fos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́μορφος • (ámorphos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́μορφον); second declension

1. misshapen, ugly
2. formless, shapeless

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́μορφος; ᾰ̓́μορφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́μορφος ámorphos	ᾰ̓́μορφον ámorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō		ᾰ̓́μορφοι ámorphoi	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ámorpha
Genitive		ᾰ̓μόρφου amórphou	ᾰ̓μόρφου amórphou		ᾰ̓μόρφοιν amórphoin	ᾰ̓μόρφοιν amórphoin		ᾰ̓μόρφων amórphōn	ᾰ̓μόρφων amórphōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μόρφῳ amórphōi	ᾰ̓μόρφῳ amórphōi		ᾰ̓μόρφοιν amórphoin	ᾰ̓μόρφοιν amórphoin		ᾰ̓μόρφοις amórphois	ᾰ̓μόρφοις amórphois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́μορφον ámorphon	ᾰ̓́μορφον ámorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō		ᾰ̓μόρφους amórphous	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ámorpha
Vocative		ᾰ̓́μορφε ámorphe	ᾰ̓́μορφον ámorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω amórphō		ᾰ̓́μορφοι ámorphoi	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ámorpha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μόρφως amórphōs			ᾰ̓μορφότερος amorphóteros			ᾰ̓μορφότᾰτος amorphótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άμορφος (ámorfos, “amorphous”)
• → French: amorphe
• → English: amorphous
• → German: amorph
• → Italian: amorfo
• → Portuguese: amorfo
• → Spanish: amorfo

Further reading

• “ἄμορφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄμορφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄμορφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄμορφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amorphous idem, page 28.
  • misshapen idem, page 535.
  • shapeless idem, page 762.