ἀγμός

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₂gmós, from the root *weh₂g- (“to break”). By surface analysis, ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

ἀγμός • (agmós) m (genitive ἀγμοῦ); second declension

fracture
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18b.556:
  τοὺς μελασμοὺς καὶ νεκρώσεις ἀγμῶν
  toùs melasmoùs kaì nekrṓseis agmôn
  black spots and mortifications of fractures
cliff, crag
Synonym: ἄξος (áxos)
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 263:
  κοιλωπὸς ἀγμός, πορφυρευτικαὶ στέγαι.
  koilōpòs agmós, porphureutikaì stégai.
  a hollow-looking cliff, a shelter-place for purple-fishers.

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓γμός; τοῦ ᾰ̓γμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓γμός ho ăgmós	τὼ ᾰ̓γμώ tṑ ăgmṓ	οἱ ᾰ̓γμοί hoi ăgmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γμοῦ toû ăgmoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓γμοῖν toîn ăgmoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γμῶν tôn ăgmôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γμῷ tōî ăgmōî	τοῖν ᾰ̓γμοῖν toîn ăgmoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓γμοῖς toîs ăgmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓γμόν tòn ăgmón	τὼ ᾰ̓γμώ tṑ ăgmṓ	τοὺς ᾰ̓γμούς toùs ăgmoús
Vocative	ᾰ̓γμέ ăgmé	ᾰ̓γμώ ăgmṓ	ᾰ̓γμοί ăgmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.