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

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.mós/ → /aɣˈmos/ → /aɣˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aɡˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɣˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɣˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɣˈmos/

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 ᾰ̓γμός; τοῦ ᾰ̓γμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓γμός ho ăgmós	τὼ ᾰ̓γμώ tṑ ăgmṓ	οἱ ᾰ̓γμοί hoi ăgmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γμοῦ toû ăgmoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓γμοῖν toîn ăgmoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γμῶν tôn ăgmôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γμῷ tôi ăgmôi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γμοῖν toîn ăgmoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓γμοῖς toîs ăgmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓γμόν tòn ăgmón	τὼ ᾰ̓γμώ tṑ ăgmṓ	τοὺς ᾰ̓γμούς toùs ăgmoús
Vocative	ᾰ̓γμέ ăgmé	ᾰ̓γμώ ăgmṓ	ᾰ̓γμοί ăgmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀγμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀγμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)