ἀμφίαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφιαλής (amphialḗs)

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-, “both”) +‎ ἅλς (háls, “saltwater, the sea”) +‎ -ος (-os), thus literally, “with the sea on both sides”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.a.los/ → /amˈɸi.a.los/ → /amˈfi.a.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.a.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.a.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.a.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.a.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.a.los/

Adjective

ἀμφίᾰλος • (amphíalos) m or f (neuter ἀμφίᾰλον); second declension

1. sea-girt (of islands)
2. between two seas (of Corinth)

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλος; ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλος amphíalos	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλον amphíalon		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō		ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλοι amphíaloi	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλᾰ amphíala
Genitive		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λου / ἀ̆μφῐᾰλοῖο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰλόο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοο amphiálou / amphialoîo / amphiáloio / amphialóo / amphiáloo	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λου / ἀ̆μφῐᾰλοῖο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰλόο / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοο amphiálou / amphialoîo / amphiáloio / amphialóo / amphiáloo		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιῐν amphiáloiin	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιῐν amphiáloiin		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λων amphiálōn	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λων amphiálōn
Dative		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λῳ amphiálōi	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λῳ amphiálōi		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιῐν amphiáloiin	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοιῐν amphiáloiin		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοισῐ / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοισῐν / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοις amphiáloisi(n) / amphiálois	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοισῐ / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοισῐν / ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λοις amphiáloisi(n) / amphiálois
Accusative		ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλον amphíalon	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλον amphíalon		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λους amphiálous	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλᾰ amphíala
Vocative		ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλε amphíale	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλον amphíalon		ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō	ἀ̆μφῐᾰ́λω amphiálō		ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλοι amphíaloi	ἀ̆μφῐ́ᾰλᾰ amphíala
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀμφίαλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμφίαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίαλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀμφίαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀμφίαλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀμφίαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφίαλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter