μόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No cognates outside Greek. Has been compared with Proto-Slavic *metàti (“to throw”) and with Sanskrit मथति (mathati, “to stir”) but this seems unprobable. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.θos/

Hyphenation: μό‧θος

Noun

μόθος • (móthos) m (genitive μόθου); second declension

the din of battle
Synonyms: κῠδοιμός (kŭdoimós), ὅμᾰδος (hómădos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ μόθος; τοῦ μόθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόθος ho móthos	τὼ μόθω tṑ móthō	οἱ μόθοι hoi móthoi
Genitive	τοῦ μόθου toû móthou	τοῖν μόθοιν toîn móthoin	τῶν μόθων tôn móthōn
Dative	τῷ μόθῳ tōî móthōi	τοῖν μόθοιν toîn móthoin	τοῖς μόθοις toîs móthois
Accusative	τὸν μόθον tòn móthon	τὼ μόθω tṑ móthō	τοὺς μόθους toùs móthous
Vocative	μόθε móthe	μόθω móthō	μόθοι móthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of μόθος; μόθοιο / μόθοο / μόθου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	μόθος móthos	μόθω móthō	μόθοι móthoi
Genitive	μόθοιο / μόθοο / μόθου móthoio / móthoo / móthou	μόθοιῐ̈ν móthoiĭ̈n	μόθων móthōn
Dative	μόθῳ móthōi	μόθοιῐ̈ν móthoiĭ̈n	μόθοισῐ / μόθοισῐν / μόθοις móthoisĭ(n) / móthois
Accusative	μόθον móthon	μόθω móthō	μόθους móthous
Vocative	μόθε móthe	μόθω móthō	μόθοι móthoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

μόθαξ (móthax)
μόθουρα (móthoura)
μόθων (móthōn)
μοθωνία (mothōnía)
μοθωνικός (mothōnikós)