ἄβροτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) +‎ βροτός (brotós, “mortal”), from Proto-Hellenic *mrətós, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós or *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”). Cognates include Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Armenian մարդ (mard), Latin mortuus, Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ), Persian مرد‎ (mard) and Old English morþ.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄβροτος • (ábrotos) m or f (genitive ἀβροτοῦ); second declension

  1. (poetic) immortal

Inflection

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