ἄμορφος

See also: άμορφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.mor.pʰos/ → /ˈa.mor.ɸos/ → /ˈa.mor.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.mor.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mor.fos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́μορφος • (ắmorphos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́μορφον); second declension

1. misshapen, ugly
2. formless, shapeless

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́μορφος; ᾰ̓́μορφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́μορφος ắmorphos	ᾰ̓́μορφον ắmorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō		ᾰ̓́μορφοι ắmorphoi	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ắmorphă
Genitive		ᾰ̓μόρφου ămórphou	ᾰ̓μόρφου ămórphou		ᾰ̓μόρφοιν ămórphoin	ᾰ̓μόρφοιν ămórphoin		ᾰ̓μόρφων ămórphōn	ᾰ̓μόρφων ămórphōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μόρφῳ ămórphōi	ᾰ̓μόρφῳ ămórphōi		ᾰ̓μόρφοιν ămórphoin	ᾰ̓μόρφοιν ămórphoin		ᾰ̓μόρφοις ămórphois	ᾰ̓μόρφοις ămórphois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́μορφον ắmorphon	ᾰ̓́μορφον ắmorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō		ᾰ̓μόρφους ămórphous	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ắmorphă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́μορφε ắmorphe	ᾰ̓́μορφον ắmorphon		ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō	ᾰ̓μόρφω ămórphō		ᾰ̓́μορφοι ắmorphoi	ᾰ̓́μορφᾰ ắmorphă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μόρφως ămórphōs			ᾰ̓μορφότερος ămorphóteros			ᾰ̓μορφότᾰτος ămorphótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άμορφος (ámorfos, “amorphous”)
• → French: amorphe
• → English: amorphous
• → German: amorph
• → Italian: amorfo
• → Portuguese: amorfo
• → Spanish: amorfo

Further reading

• “ἄμορφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄμορφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄμορφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄμορφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amorphous idem, page 28.
  • misshapen idem, page 535.
  • shapeless idem, page 762.