ἀμέργω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editLatin mergae (“pitchfork”) could be related. It seems that the Greek root is related to Sanskrit मार्जयति (mārjayati, “to wipe, purify, cleanse”) and ὀμόργνῡμι (omórgnūmi, “to wipe”), but it is unclear how the initial vocalism coul be explained. Although a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂merǵ- is perfectly possible, the word may also be a technical term borrowed from the substrate language.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.mér.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈmer.ɣo/
Verb
editἀμέργω • (amérgō)
Conjugation
edit Present: ἀμέργω, ἀμέργομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἀμέρξω | ἀμέρξεις | ἀμέρξει | ἀμέρξετον | ἀμέρξετον | ἀμέρξομεν | ἀμέρξετε | ἀμέρξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | ἀμέρξοιμῐ | ἀμέρξοις | ἀμέρξοι | ἀμέρξοιτον | ἀμερξοίτην | ἀμέρξοιμεν | ἀμέρξοιτε | ἀμέρξοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | ἀμέρξομαι | ἀμέρξῃ, ἀμέρξει |
ἀμέρξεται | ἀμέρξεσθον | ἀμέρξεσθον | ἀμερξόμεθᾰ | ἀμέρξεσθε | ἀμέρξονται | ||||
optative | ἀμερξοίμην | ἀμέρξοιο | ἀμέρξοιτο | ἀμέρξοισθον | ἀμερξοίσθην | ἀμερξοίμεθᾰ | ἀμέρξοισθε | ἀμέρξοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | ἀμέρξειν | ἀμέρξεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | ἀμέρξων | ἀμερξόμενος | ||||||||||
f | ἀμέρξουσᾰ | ἀμερξομένη | |||||||||||
n | ἀμέρξον | ἀμερξόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Further reading
edit- “ἀμέργω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμέργω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀμέργω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμέργω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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