ἄμφω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ambʰow, where the initial part is an old deictic pronoun or particle, reinforcing the meaning “two, both” of the second part. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic оба (oba), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai), Sanskrit उभौ (ubháu), Latin ambō, Tocharian A āmpi.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ám.pʰɔː/ → /ˈam.ɸo/ → /ˈam.fo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ám.pʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈam.pʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.ɸo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.fo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈam.fo/

Determiner

ἄμφω • (ámphō)

1. (dual only) both

Declension

Second declension of τὼ ᾰ̓́μφω; τοῖν ἀμφοῖν (Attic)

Case / #	Dual
Nominative	τὼ ᾰ̓́μφω tṑ ámphō
Genitive	τοῖν ἀμφοῖν toîn amphoîn
Dative	τοῖν ἀμφοῖν toîn amphoîn
Accusative	τὼ ᾰ̓́μφω tṑ ámphō
Vocative	ᾰ̓́μφω ámphō
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἀμφότερος (amphóteros)