μορτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”). Cognates include βροτός (brotós, “mortal man”), Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Armenian մարդ (mard), Latin mortuus, Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ), Persian مرد (mard) and Old English morþ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mor.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /morˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /morˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /morˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /morˈtos/
Adjective
μορτός • (mortós) m (feminine μορτή, neuter μορτόν); first/second declension
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | μορτός mortós |
μορτή mortḗ |
μορτόν mortón |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτᾱ́ mortā́ |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτοί mortoí |
μορταί mortaí |
μορτᾰ́ mortá | |||||
Genitive | μορτοῦ mortoû |
μορτῆς mortês |
μορτοῦ mortoû |
μορτοῖν mortoîn |
μορταῖν mortaîn |
μορτοῖν mortoîn |
μορτῶν mortôn |
μορτῶν mortôn |
μορτῶν mortôn | |||||
Dative | μορτῷ mortôi |
μορτῇ mortêi |
μορτῷ mortôi |
μορτοῖν mortoîn |
μορταῖν mortaîn |
μορτοῖν mortoîn |
μορτοῖς mortoîs |
μορταῖς mortaîs |
μορτοῖς mortoîs | |||||
Accusative | μορτόν mortón |
μορτήν mortḗn |
μορτόν mortón |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτᾱ́ mortā́ |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτούς mortoús |
μορτᾱ́ς mortā́s |
μορτᾰ́ mortá | |||||
Vocative | μορτέ morté |
μορτή mortḗ |
μορτόν mortón |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτᾱ́ mortā́ |
μορτώ mortṓ |
μορτοί mortoí |
μορταί mortaí |
μορτᾰ́ mortá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μορτῶς mortôs |
μορτότερος mortóteros |
μορτότᾰτος mortótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀγέμορτος (Agémortos)
- Κλεόμορτος (Kleómortos)
- μορτοβάτη (mortobátē)
- Χαρίμορτος (Kharímortos)
References
- “μορτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μορτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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