ἀμφίβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓μφῐ́ (amphí) +‎ βῐ́ος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bi.os/ → /amˈɸi.βi.os/ → /amˈfi.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vi.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος • (amphíbios) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον); second declension

1. Living a dual life on land and water: amphibious
2. In general: living in two worlds or in two separate manners.
3. (nominalized, neuter) aloe vera

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐος amphíbios	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι amphíbioi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia
Genitive		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου amphibíou	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ου amphibíou		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων amphibíōn	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ων amphibíōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ amphibíōi	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ῳ amphibíōi		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οιν amphibíoin		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις amphibíois	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́οις amphibíois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ους amphibíous	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia
Vocative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐε amphíbie	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐον amphíbion		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō	ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ω amphibíō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐοι amphíbioi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βῐᾰ amphíbia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μφῐβῐ́ως amphibíōs			ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτερος amphibiṓteros			ᾰ̓μφῐβῐώτᾰτος amphibiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: amphibius (see there for further descendants)
• → Finnish: amfibi
• → Latvian: amfībija
• → Lithuanian: amfìbija
• → Serbo-Croatian: àmfībija

Further reading

• “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφίβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφίβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίβιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)