ἀμφικέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφικέφαλλος (amphiképhallos), ἀμφικνέφαλλος (amphiknéphallos), ἀμφικνέφαλος (amphiknéphalos)

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-, on both sides) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.ké.pʰa.los/ → /am.ɸiˈce.ɸa.los/ → /am.fiˈce.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.ké.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈke.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸiˈce.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈce.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈce.fa.los/

Adjective

ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος • (amphiképhalos) m or f (neuter ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον); second declension

1. two-headed
2. (of the femur) with two apophyses
3. (of a couch) having two places for the head

Declension

Second declension of ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος; ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος amphiképhalos	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphiképhalon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλοι amphiképhaloi	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphiképhala
Genitive		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λου amphikephálou	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λου amphikephálou		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphikepháloin	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphikepháloin		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λων amphikephálōn	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λων amphikephálōn
Dative		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λῳ amphikephálōi	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λῳ amphikephálōi		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphikepháloin	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphikepháloin		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοις amphikephálois	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοις amphikephálois
Accusative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphiképhalon	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphiképhalon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λους amphikephálous	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphiképhala
Vocative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλε amphiképhale	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphiképhalon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphikephálō		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλοι amphiképhaloi	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphiképhala
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λως amphikephálōs			ἀμφῐκεφᾰλώτερος amphikephalṓteros			ἀμφῐκεφᾰλώτᾰτος amphikephalṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμφικέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμφικέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφικέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)