μάργος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἄβαρτος (ábartos), ἄμαργος (ámargos), μόργος (mórgos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, all the variations prove a Pre-Greek origin of the word.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μάργος • (márgos) m (feminine μάργη, neuter μάργον); first/second declension

  1. mad, furious, rampant
  2. greedy, gluttonous (of appetite)
  3. lewd, lustful

Inflection

Derived terms

  • γαστρίμαργος (gastrímargos)
  • μαργαίνω (margaínō)
  • μαργάω (margáō)
  • μαργήεις (margḗeis)
  • Μαργιτεία (Margiteía)
  • Μαργίτης (Margítēs)
  • μαργόομαι (margóomai)
  • μαργοσύνη (margosúnē)
  • μαργότης (margótēs)

Further reading

  • μάργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • μάργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • μάργος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • μάργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • μάργος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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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