μοιχός in Ancient Greek

IPA: /moi̯.kʰós/, /myˈxos/, /miˈxos/, /moi̯.kʰós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /myˈkʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /myˈxos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /myˈxos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈxos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Possibly an -ός (-ós) agent noun of ὀμείχω (omeíkhō, “I urinate”), used as a vulgar expression, but this is disputed. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|-ός|id1=deverbal}} -ός (-ós), {{unc|grc|disputed}} disputed Head templates: {{grc-noun|μοιχοῦ|m|second}} μοιχός • (moikhós) m (genitive μοιχοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μοιχός|οῦ}} Forms: moikhós [romanization], μοιχοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ μοιχός [nominative, singular], μοιχώ [dual, nominative], οἱ μοιχοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ μοιχοῦ [genitive, singular], μοιχοῖν [dual, genitive], μοιχῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ μοιχῷ [dative, singular], μοιχοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς μοιχοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν μοιχόν [accusative, singular], μοιχώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς μοιχούς [accusative, plural], μοιχέ [singular, vocative], μοιχώ [dual, vocative], μοιχοί [plural, vocative]

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}

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"μοιχός" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun