ἀμφίβιος

See also: αμφίβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (ămphĭ́) +‎ βῐ́ος (bĭ́os, “life”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bi.os/ → /amˈɸi.βi.os/ → /amˈfi.vi.os/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος • (ămphĭ́bĭos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον); second declension

1. Living a dual life on land and water: amphibious
2. In general: living in two worlds or in two separate manners.
3. (nominalized, neuter) aloe vera

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος ămphĭ́bĭos		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον ămphĭ́bĭon		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι ămphĭ́bĭoi		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ ămphĭ́bĭă
Genitive		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου ămphĭbĭ́ou		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου ămphĭbĭ́ou		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν ămphĭbĭ́oin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν ămphĭbĭ́oin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων ămphĭbĭ́ōn		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων ămphĭbĭ́ōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ ămphĭbĭ́ōi		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ ămphĭbĭ́ōi		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν ămphĭbĭ́oin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν ămphĭbĭ́oin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις ămphĭbĭ́ois		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις ămphĭbĭ́ois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον ămphĭ́bĭon		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον ămphĭ́bĭon		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ους ămphĭbĭ́ous		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ ămphĭ́bĭă
Vocative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐε ămphĭ́bĭe		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον ămphĭ́bĭon		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω ămphĭbĭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι ămphĭ́bĭoi		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ ămphĭ́bĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ως ămphĭbĭ́ōs				ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτερος ămphĭbĭṓteros				ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτᾰτος ămphĭbĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Finnish: amfibi
• → Greek: αμφίβιος (amfívios) (learned)
• → Latin: amphibius (see there for further descendants)
• → Latvian: amfībija
• → Lithuanian: amfi̇̀bija
• → Serbo-Croatian: àmfībija

Further reading

• “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφίβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίβιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)