proper noun
Ămorgus
Meaning
- one of the Sporades in the Ægean Sea
Ămorgus or -ŏs, i, f., = Ἀμοργός,
I. one of the Sporades in the Ægean Sea, the birthplace of the poet Simonides; under the Roman emperors, a place for the banishment of criminals; now Amorgo, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70; Tac. A. 4, 30; v. Mann. Gr. 734 sq.