ἀμφίγυος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-) +‎ γυῖον (guîon) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.ɡy.os/ → /amˈɸi.ʝy.os/ → /amˈfi.ʝi.os/

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

Adjective

ἀμφίγῠος • (amphíguos) m or f (neuter ἀμφίγῠον); second declension

1. pointed at each end, double-pointed
2. armed at all points, practiced in combat

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠος; ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠος amphíguos	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠον amphíguon		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō		ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠοι amphíguoi	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠᾰ amphígua
Genitive		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ου / ἀ̆μφῐγῠοῖο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠόο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οο amphigúou / amphiguoîo / amphigúoio / amphiguóo / amphigúoo	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ου / ἀ̆μφῐγῠοῖο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠόο / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οο amphigúou / amphiguoîo / amphigúoio / amphiguóo / amphigúoo		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιῐν amphigúoiin	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιῐν amphigúoiin		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ων amphigúōn	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ων amphigúōn
Dative		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ῳ amphigúōi	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ῳ amphigúōi		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιῐν amphigúoiin	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οιῐν amphigúoiin		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οισῐ / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οισῐν / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οις amphigúoisi(n) / amphigúois	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οισῐ / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οισῐν / ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́οις amphigúoisi(n) / amphigúois
Accusative		ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠον amphíguon	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠον amphíguon		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ους amphigúous	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠᾰ amphígua
Vocative		ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠε amphígue	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠον amphíguon		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō	ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ω amphigúō		ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠοι amphíguoi	ἀ̆μφῐ́γῠᾰ amphígua
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆μφῐγῠ́ως amphigúōs			ἀ̆μφῐγῠώτερος amphiguṓteros			ἀ̆μφῐγῠώτᾰτος amphiguṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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