ἀμυσχρός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμυγνός (amugnós), ἀμύσκαρος (amúskaros), ἀμυχνός (amukhnós)

Etymology

All the variations suggest a Pre-Greek origin. Also related is μύσκος (múskos, “defilement”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.mys.kʰrós/ → /a.mysˈxros/ → /a.misˈxros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mys.kʰrós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.mysˈkʰros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.mysˈxros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.mysˈxros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.misˈxros/

Adjective

ἀμυσχρός • (amuskhrós) m (feminine ἀμυσχρᾱ́, neuter ἀμυσχρόν); first/second declension

1. undefiled, immaculate, pure

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀμυσχρός; ἀμυσχρᾱ́; ἀμυσχρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμυσχρός amuskhrós	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ amuskhrā́	ἀμυσχρόν amuskhrón		ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ amuskhrā́	ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ		ἀμυσχροί amuskhroí	ἀμυσχραί amuskhraí	ἀμυσχρᾰ́ amuskhrá
Genitive		ἀμυσχροῦ amuskhroû	ἀμυσχρᾶς amuskhrâs	ἀμυσχροῦ amuskhroû		ἀμυσχροῖν amuskhroîn	ἀμυσχραῖν amuskhraîn	ἀμυσχροῖν amuskhroîn		ἀμυσχρῶν amuskhrôn	ἀμυσχρῶν amuskhrôn	ἀμυσχρῶν amuskhrôn
Dative		ἀμυσχρῷ amuskhrôi	ἀμυσχρᾷ amuskhrâi	ἀμυσχρῷ amuskhrôi		ἀμυσχροῖν amuskhroîn	ἀμυσχραῖν amuskhraîn	ἀμυσχροῖν amuskhroîn		ἀμυσχροῖς amuskhroîs	ἀμυσχραῖς amuskhraîs	ἀμυσχροῖς amuskhroîs
Accusative		ἀμυσχρόν amuskhrón	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ν amuskhrā́n	ἀμυσχρόν amuskhrón		ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ amuskhrā́	ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ		ἀμυσχρούς amuskhroús	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ς amuskhrā́s	ἀμυσχρᾰ́ amuskhrá
Vocative		ἀμυσχρέ amuskhré	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ amuskhrā́	ἀμυσχρόν amuskhrón		ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ	ἀμυσχρᾱ́ amuskhrā́	ἀμυσχρώ amuskhrṓ		ἀμυσχροί amuskhroí	ἀμυσχραί amuskhraí	ἀμυσχρᾰ́ amuskhrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀμυσχρῶς amuskhrôs				ἀμυσχρότερος amuskhróteros				ἀμυσχρότᾰτος amuskhrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμυσχρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμυσχρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμυσχρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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