ἀμαρύσσω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See μαρμαίρω (marmaírō, “to sparkle, glisten”). Beekes prefers to ascribe it to a Pre-Greek substrate.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.rýs.sɔː/ → /a.maˈrys.so/ → /a.maˈri.so/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ma.rýs.sɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.maˈrys.so/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈrys.so/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈrys.so/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈri.so/

Verb

ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσω • (ămărŭ́ssō)

1. (intransitive) to sparkle, twinkle
2. (intransitive) to shoot forth, dart
3. to dazzle

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσω, ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσω	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεις	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσει	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσετον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσετον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσομεν	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσετε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσω	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσῃς	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσῃ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσητον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσητον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσωμεν	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσητε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιμῐ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοις	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοι	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιτον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσοίτην	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιμεν	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιτε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιεν
	imperative		ᾰ̓μᾰ́ρῠσσε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσέτω	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσετον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσέτων		ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσετε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσομαι	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσῃ / ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσει	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεται	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσόμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσονται
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσωμαι	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσῃ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσηται	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσησθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσησθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσώμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσησθε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσωνται
	optative	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσοίμην	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιο	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιτο	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοισθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσοίσθην	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσοίμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοισθε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσοιντο
	imperative		ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσου	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσέσθω	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθον	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσέσθων		ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθε	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσειν				ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσεσθαι
participle	m	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσων				ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσόμενος
	f	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσουσᾰ				ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσομένη
	n	ᾰ̓μᾰρῠ́σσον				ᾰ̓μᾰρῠσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠμᾰ́ρῠσσον, ἠμᾰρῠσσόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἠμᾰ́ρῠσσον	ἠμᾰ́ρῠσσες	ἠμᾰ́ρῠσσε(ν)	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσετον	ἠμᾰρῠσσέτην	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσομεν	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσετε	ἠμᾰ́ρῠσσον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἠμᾰρῠσσόμην	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσου	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσετο	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσεσθον	ἠμᾰρῠσσέσθην	ἠμᾰρῠσσόμεθᾰ	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσεσθε	ἠμᾰρῠ́σσοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἀμαρύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμαρύσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμαρύσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμαρύσσω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN