μώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /ˈmo.ri.os/ → /ˈmo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ri.os/

Noun

μώρῐος • (mṓrios) f (genitive μωρῐ́ου); second declension

1. mandrake (Mandragora officinarum)

   Synonyms: ἀλοῖτις (aloîtis), μανδραγόρας (mandragóras)

2. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

   Synonyms: ἁλικάκκαβον (halikákkabon), κακκαλία (kakkalía), στρύχνον (strúkhnon)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ μώρῐος; τῆς μωρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μώρῐος hē mṓrios	τὼ μωρῐ́ω tṑ mōríō	αἱ μώρῐοι hai mṓrioi
Genitive	τῆς μωρῐ́ου tês mōríou	τοῖν μωρῐ́οιν toîn mōríoin	τῶν μωρῐ́ων tôn mōríōn
Dative	τῇ μωρῐ́ῳ têi mōríōi	τοῖν μωρῐ́οιν toîn mōríoin	ταῖς μωρῐ́οις taîs mōríois
Accusative	τὴν μώρῐον tḕn mṓrion	τὼ μωρῐ́ω tṑ mōríō	τᾱ̀ς μωρῐ́ους tā̀s mōríous
Vocative	μώρῐε mṓrie	μωρῐ́ω mōríō	μώρῐοι mṓrioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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