μύρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is a loan from Latin murcus (“mutilated”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mýr.kos/ → /ˈmyr.kos/ → /ˈmir.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mýr.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmir.kos/

Adjective

μῠ́ρκος • (múrkos) m or f (neuter μῠ́ρκον); second declension

1. (in Syracuse) mute, dumb

   Synonyms: ἄφωνος (áphōnos), ἐνεός (eneós), κωφός (kōphós), μυνδός (mundós)

Declension

Second declension of μῠ́ρκος; μῠ́ρκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῠ́ρκος múrkos	μῠ́ρκον múrkon		μῠ́ρκω múrkō	μῠ́ρκω múrkō		μῠ́ρκοι múrkoi	μῠ́ρκᾰ múrka
Genitive		μῠ́ρκου múrkou	μῠ́ρκου múrkou		μῠ́ρκοιν múrkoin	μῠ́ρκοιν múrkoin		μῠ́ρκων múrkōn	μῠ́ρκων múrkōn
Dative		μῠ́ρκῳ múrkōi	μῠ́ρκῳ múrkōi		μῠ́ρκοιν múrkoin	μῠ́ρκοιν múrkoin		μῠ́ρκοις múrkois	μῠ́ρκοις múrkois
Accusative		μῠ́ρκον múrkon	μῠ́ρκον múrkon		μῠ́ρκω múrkō	μῠ́ρκω múrkō		μῠ́ρκους múrkous	μῠ́ρκᾰ múrka
Vocative		μῠ́ρκε múrke	μῠ́ρκον múrkon		μῠ́ρκω múrkō	μῠ́ρκω múrkō		μῠ́ρκοι múrkoi	μῠ́ρκᾰ múrka
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῠ́ρκως múrkōs			μῠρκότερος murkóteros			μῠρκότᾰτος murkótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μύρκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μύρκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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