ἀμφίπολος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *ampʰikʷolos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-kʷol-ós. By surface analysis, ἀμφί (amphí, “about”) + πέλω (pélō, “to go”) + -ος (-os). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀦𐀫 (a-pi-qo-ro) /ampʰíkʷolos/, Sanskrit अभिचर (abhicara, “servant”), अभिचार (abhicārá, “witchcraft”), Latin anculus (“servant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰí.po.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /amˈpʰi.po.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /amˈɸi.po.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /amˈfi.po.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /amˈfi.po.los/
Adjective
[edit]ἀμφίπολος • (amphípolos) m or f (neuter ἀμφίπολον); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)
- being about, busied about, busy
- (passive voice) much frequented
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀμφῐ́πολος amphípolos |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀμφῐπόλου amphipólou |
ἀμφῐπόλου amphipólou |
ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin |
ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin |
ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn |
ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi |
ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi |
ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin |
ἀμφῐπόλοιν amphipóloin |
ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipólois |
ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλους amphipólous |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀμφῐ́πολε amphípole |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀμφῐπόλως amphipólōs |
ἀμφῐπολώτερος amphipolṓteros |
ἀμφῐπολώτᾰτος amphipolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀμφῐ́πολος amphípolos |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀμφῐπόλου / ἀμφῐπολοῖο / ἀμφῐπόλοιο / ἀμφῐπολόο / ἀμφῐπόλοο amphipólou / amphipoloîo / amphipóloio / amphipolóo / amphipóloo |
ἀμφῐπόλου / ἀμφῐπολοῖο / ἀμφῐπόλοιο / ἀμφῐπολόο / ἀμφῐπόλοο amphipólou / amphipoloîo / amphipóloio / amphipolóo / amphipóloo |
ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin |
ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin |
ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn |
ἀμφῐπόλων amphipólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi |
ἀμφῐπόλῳ amphipólōi |
ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin |
ἀμφῐπόλοιῐν amphipóloiin |
ἀμφῐπόλοισῐ / ἀμφῐπόλοισῐν / ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipóloisi(n) / amphipólois |
ἀμφῐπόλοισῐ / ἀμφῐπόλοισῐν / ἀμφῐπόλοις amphipóloisi(n) / amphipólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλους amphipólous |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀμφῐ́πολε amphípole |
ἀμφῐ́πολον amphípolon |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐπόλω amphipólō |
ἀμφῐ́πολοι amphípoloi |
ἀμφῐ́πολᾰ amphípola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀμφῐπόλως amphipólōs |
ἀμφῐπολώτερος amphipolṓteros |
ἀμφῐπολώτᾰτος amphipolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Further reading
[edit]- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀμφίπολος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀμφίπολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφίπολος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀμφίπολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀμφίπολος”, 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.
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