ἄμωμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An Oriental loanword of lost provenience, also found as Classical Syriac ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥəmāmā)Arabic حَمَامَا (ḥamāmā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄμωμον • (ámōmon) n (genitive ἀμώμου); second declension

  1. black cardamom (Amomum subulatum)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀμωμίς (amōmís)
  • ἀμωμίτης (amōmítēs)

Descendants

  • Latin: amōmum
    • Catalan: amom
    • French: amome
    • Galician: amomo
    • Italian: amomo
    • Portuguese: amomo
    • Spanish: amomo
    • Translingual: Amomum
    • English: amomum

Further reading

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