μόρρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Iranian origin; compare Persian مورش (mureš, “small shells or glass beads”). See modern مروارید (“pearl”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μόρρῐᾰ • (mórrhĭă) n pl (genitive μορρῐ́ων); second declension

  1. name of an Oriental material, perhaps agate
  2. cups and vases made with this material
  3. glass imitation

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ μόρρῐᾰ; τῶν μορρῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ μόρρῐᾰ
tằ mórrhĭă
Genitive τῶν μορρῐ́ων
tôn morrhĭ́ōn
Dative τοῖς μορρῐ́οις
toîs morrhĭ́ois
Accusative τᾰ̀ μόρρῐᾰ
tằ mórrhĭă
Vocative μόρρῐᾰ
mórrhĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: murra

References

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