Ἀμόριον

See also: Αμόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμόρα (amóra) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), or related to ᾰ̓μόργη (ămórgē, “pressed olives; dye”), or possibly of Semitic stem relation to Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿĂmōrā) from a root meaning "deep with water" (a city name transcribed in the LXX as Γόμορρα (Gómorrha)).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mó.ri.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈmo.ri.on/

Proper noun

Ἀμόριον • (Amórion) n (genitive Ἀμόριου); second declension

(historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ᾰ̓μόρῐον; τοῦ Ᾰ̓μορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ᾰ̓μόρῐον tò Ămórĭon
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓μορῐ́ου toû Ămorĭ́ou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓μορῐ́ῳ tōî Ămorĭ́ōi
Accusative	τὸ Ᾰ̓μόρῐον tò Ămórĭon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓μόρῐον Ămórĭon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Byzantine Greek: Αμόριον (Amórion)
- Greek: Αμόριο (Amório)
Latin: Amorium, Amorion