- ἀμοργ-ίς
- ἀμοργ-ίς etc.Meaning: kind of dress (Cratin. fr. 96)Other forms: λαμπτῆρες ἀμοργούς (Emp. fr. 84), perhaps lanterns clothed in muslin (cf. Lat. lintea lanterna pl. Bacch. 446).Derivatives: Adj. ἀμόργινος used of χιτών etc. (Com., Aeschin.), cf. ἀμόργεια χρώματος εἶδος, ἀπὸ νήσου Άμοργοῦντος Suid. - Unclear ἀμοργίς, -ίδος f. `stalks of mallow, Malva silvestris' (Ar.); after the island Amorgos (Taillardat, Rev.de phil. 33, 1959, 66; cf. also REG 64, 1951, 11ff.)? -Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The name of the island may have been used to designate clothes, cf. jersey, jeans etc. Cf. Taillardat, Images section 262.Page in Frisk: --
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
