Ἀμφίπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí, “around”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.po.lis/ → /amˈɸi.po.lis/ → /amˈfi.po.lis/

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

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓μφῐ́πολῐς • (Amphípolis) f (genitive Ᾰ̓μφῐπόλεως); third declension

1. Amphipolis (a city in Macedonia, Greece, situated on the left bank of the river Strymon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓μφῐ́πολῐς; τῆς Ᾰ̓μφῐπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓μφῐ́πολῐς hē Amphípolis
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓μφῐπόλεως tês Amphipóleōs
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓μφῐπόλει têi Amphipólei
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓μφῐ́πολῐν tḕn Amphípolin
Vocative	Ᾰ̓μφῐ́πολῐ Amphípoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀμφῐπολῑ́της (Amphipolī́tēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Αμφίπολη (Amfípoli)
• Latin: Amphipolis

References

• Ἀμφίπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G295 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001