ἄγαμος
See also: άγαμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-) + γάμος (gámos)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ɡa.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡa.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
Adjective
ἄγᾰμος • (ágamos) m or f (neuter ἄγᾰμον); second declension
- unmarried, single
Usage notes
- In Classical Greek, ἄγαμος is used for males only. ἄνανδρος (ánandros) is the term used for females. In later Greek, however, ἄγαμος is also found applied to women, as in the New Testament (Corinthians I, 7:11).
Inflection
Second declension of ᾰ̓́γᾰμος; ᾰ̓́γᾰμον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́γᾰμος ágamos | ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ágamon | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓́γᾰμοι ágamoi | ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ágama | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μου agámou | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μου agámou | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν agámoin | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν agámoin | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μων agámōn | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μων agámōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μῳ agámōi | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μῳ agámōi | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν agámoin | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοιν agámoin | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοις agámois | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μοις agámois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ágamon | ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ágamon | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μους agámous | ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ágama | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́γᾰμε ágame | ᾰ̓́γᾰμον ágamon | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓γᾰ́μω agámō | ᾰ̓́γᾰμοι ágamoi | ᾰ̓́γᾰμᾰ ágama | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓γᾰ́μως agámōs | ᾰ̓γᾰμώτερος agamṓteros | ᾰ̓γᾰμώτᾰτος agamṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αγαμία (agamía)
- → English: agamy
Further reading
- “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄγαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄγαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄγαμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G22 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bachelor idem, page 57.
- celibate idem, page 120.
- single idem, page 777.
- unmarried idem, page 925.