Ἀμφίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí, “on both side”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰǐː.ɔːn/ → /amˈɸi.on/ → /amˈfi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.on/

Proper noun

Ἀμφῑ́ων • (Amphī́ōn) m (genitive Ἀμφῑ́ονος); third declension

1. Amphion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀμφῑ́ων; τοῦ Ἀμφῑ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῑ́ων ho Amphī́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῑ́ονος toû Amphī́onos
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῑ́ονῐ tôi Amphī́oni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῑ́ονᾰ tòn Amphī́ona
Vocative	Ἀμφῖον Amphîon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αμφίων (Amfíon); Αμφίονας (Amfíonas)
• Latin: Amphīōn

References

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