ἄγαμος

See also: άγαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ γάμος (gámos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡa.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣa.mos/

Adjective

ἄγᾰμος • (ágamos) m or f (neuter ἄγᾰμον); second declension

1. 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
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bachelor idem, page 57.
  • celibate idem, page 120.
  • single idem, page 777.
  • unmarried idem, page 925.