ἀμφίβληστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to throw round”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.blɛːs.tron/ → /amˈɸi.βlis.tron/ → /amˈfi.vlis.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.blɛːs.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.ble̝s.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.βlis.tron/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/

Noun

ἀμφῐ́βληστρον • (amphĭ́blēstron) n (genitive ἀμφῐβλήστρου); second declension

1. cast net, net thrown round
2. (figuratively) of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon; of the shirt of Nessus
3. fetter, bond
4. of encircling walls

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον; τοῦ ἀμφῐβλήστρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphĭ́blēstron	τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphĭblḗstrō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tằ amphĭ́blēstră
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμφῐβλήστρου toû amphĭblḗstrou	τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphĭblḗstroin	τῶν ἀμφῐβλήστρων tôn amphĭblḗstrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμφῐβλήστρῳ tōî amphĭblḗstrōi	τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphĭblḗstroin	τοῖς ἀμφῐβλήστροις toîs amphĭblḗstrois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphĭ́blēstron	τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphĭblḗstrō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tằ amphĭ́blēstră
Vocative	ἀμφῐ́βληστρον amphĭ́blēstron	ἀμφῐβλήστρω amphĭblḗstrō	ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ amphĭ́blēstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιβληστρευτική (amphiblēstreutikḗ)
• ἀμφιβληστρεύω (amphiblēstreúō)
• ἀμφιβληστρικός (amphiblēstrikós)
• ἀμφιβληστροειδής (amphiblēstroeidḗs)

Further reading

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