ἀγμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₂ǵmós, from the root *weh₂ǵ- (“to break”). By surface analysis, ἄγνυμι (ágnumi, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. 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
  2. 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.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀ̆γμός; τοῦ ἀ̆γμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀ̆γμός
ho agmós		 τὼ ἀ̆γμώ
tṑ agmṓ		 οἱ ἀ̆γμοί
hoi agmoí
Genitive τοῦ ἀ̆γμοῦ
toû agmoû		 τοῖν ἀ̆γμοῖν
toîn agmoîn		 τῶν ἀ̆γμῶν
tôn agmôn
Dative τῷ ἀ̆γμῷ
tôi agmôi		 τοῖν ἀ̆γμοῖν
toîn agmoîn		 τοῖς ἀ̆γμοῖς
toîs agmoîs
Accusative τὸν ἀ̆γμόν
tòn agmón		 τὼ ἀ̆γμώ
tṑ agmṓ		 τοὺς ἀ̆γμούς
toùs agmoús
Vocative ἀ̆γμέ
agmé		 ἀ̆γμώ
agmṓ		 ἀ̆γμοί
agmoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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