μοιχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly an -ός (-ós) agent noun of ὀμείχω (omeíkhō, “I urinate”), used as a vulgar expression, but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μοιχός • (moikhós) m (genitive μοιχοῦ); second declension

  1. adulterer, paramour

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μοιχός; τοῦ μοιχοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μοιχός
ho moikhós 		τὼ μοιχώ
tṑ moikhṓ 		οἱ μοιχοί
hoi moikhoí
Genitive τοῦ μοιχοῦ
toû moikhoû 		τοῖν μοιχοῖν
toîn moikhoîn 		τῶν μοιχῶν
tôn moikhôn
Dative τῷ μοιχῷ
tōî moikhōî 		τοῖν μοιχοῖν
toîn moikhoîn 		τοῖς μοιχοῖς
toîs moikhoîs
Accusative τὸν μοιχόν
tòn moikhón 		τὼ μοιχώ
tṑ moikhṓ 		τοὺς μοιχούς
toùs moikhoús
Vocative μοιχέ
moikhé 		μοιχώ
moikhṓ 		μοιχοί
moikhoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: moechus

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