Ἀμφιτρύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ τρῡ́ων (trū́ōn, “harrassing”), from τρῡ́ω (trū́ō, “to wear out, distress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.try̌ː.ɔːn/ → /am.ɸiˈtry.on/ → /am.fiˈtri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.try̌ː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈtry.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸiˈtry.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈtry.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈtri.on/

Proper noun

Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων • (Amphitrū́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Amphitryon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων; τοῦ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων ho Amphitrū́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνος toû Amphitrū́ōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνῐ tôi Amphitrū́ōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ωνᾰ tòn Amphitrū́ōna
Vocative	Ἀμφῐτρῡ́ων Amphitrū́ōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμφιτρύων (Amfitrýon)
• Latin: Amphitrȳōn

References

• “Ἀμφιτρύων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀμφιτρύων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀμφιτρύων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001