"Ἀμόριον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἀμόριον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /a.mó.ri.on/, /aˈmo.ri.on/, /aˈmo.ri.on/, /a.mó.ri.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aˈmo.ri.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈmo.ri.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈmo.ri.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈmo.ri.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἀμόρα (amóra) + -ῐον (-ĭon), or related to ᾰ̓μόργη (ămórgē, “pressed olives; dye”), or possibly of Semitic stem relation to Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿĂmōrā) from a root meaning "deep with water" (a city name transcribed in the LXX as Γόμορρα (Gómorrha)). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἀμόρα|-ῐον}} ἀμόρα (amóra) + -ῐον (-ĭon), {{cog|sem}} Semitic, {{cog|hbo|עמורה|עֲמֹרָה|tr=ʿĂmōrā}} Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿĂmōrā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἀμόριου|n|second|head=Ἀμόριον}} Ἀμόριον • (Amórion) n (genitive Ἀμόριου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἀ̆μόρῐον|ου|form=S}} Forms: Amórion [romanization], Ἀμόριου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ Ᾰ̓μόρῐον [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ᾰ̓μορῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τῷ Ᾰ̓μορῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τὸ Ᾰ̓μόρῐον [accusative, singular], Ᾰ̓μόρῐον [singular, vocative]
  1. (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey Wikipedia link: Amorium Tags: historical Categories (place): Cities, Cities in Turkey
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