Ἀμόριον

See also: Αμόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμόρα (amóra) +‎ -ῐον (-ion), or related to ᾰ̓μόργη (amórgē, “pressed olives; dye”), or possibly of Semitic stem relation to Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿĂmōrā) from a root meaning "deep with water" (a city name transcribed in the LXX as Γόμορρα (Gómorrha)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mó.ri.on/ → /aˈmo.ri.on/ → /aˈmo.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mó.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/

Proper noun

Ἀμόριον • (Amórion) n (genitive Ἀμόριου); second declension

1. (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ἀ̆μόρῐον; τοῦ Ἀ̆μορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ἀ̆μόρῐον tò Amórion
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀ̆μορῐ́ου toû Amoríou
Dative	τῷ Ἀ̆μορῐ́ῳ tôi Amoríōi
Accusative	τὸ Ἀ̆μόρῐον tò Amórion
Vocative	Ἀ̆μόρῐον Amórion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: Αμόριον (Amórion)
  • Greek: Αμόριο (Amório)
• Latin: Amorium, Amorion

Further reading

• Ἀμόριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)