αμφίβολος
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos). For sense "questionable", semantic loan from French douteux. Morphologically, αμφι- (amfi-) + stem βολ- for which see αμφιβάλλω (amfivállo, “Ι doubt”) - αμφιβολία f (amfivolía) & βάλλω (vállo) - βολή (volí) + suffix -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]αμφίβολος • (amfívolos) m (feminine αμφίβολη, neuter αμφίβολο)
- doubtful
- Antonym: αναμφίβολος (anamfívolos)
- questionable, unsavory
Declension
[edit]Declension of αμφίβολος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | αμφίβολος • | αμφίβολη • | αμφίβολο • | αμφίβολοι • | αμφίβολες • | αμφίβολα • |
genitive | αμφίβολου • | αμφίβολης • | αμφίβολου • | αμφίβολων • | αμφίβολων • | αμφίβολων • |
accusative | αμφίβολο • | αμφίβολη • | αμφίβολο • | αμφίβολους • | αμφίβολες • | αμφίβολα • |
vocative | αμφίβολε • | αμφίβολη • | αμφίβολο • | αμφίβολοι • | αμφίβολες • | αμφίβολα • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο αμφίβολος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο αμφίβολος, etc.) |
Related terms
[edit]- αμφιβολία f (amfivolía, “doubt”)
Further reading
[edit]- αμφίβολος - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
- αμφίβολος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek semantic loans from French
- Greek terms derived from French
- Greek terms prefixed with αμφι-
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- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ος-η-ο