ἀμφίβληστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to throw round”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.blɛːs.tron/ → /amˈɸi.βlis.tron/ → /amˈfi.vlis.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.blɛːs.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.ble̝s.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.βlis.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vlis.tron/

Noun

ἀμφῐ́βληστρον • (amphíblēstron) n (genitive ἀμφῐβλήστρου); second declension

1. cast net, net thrown round
2. (figuratively) of the garment thrown like a net over Agamemnon; of the shirt of Nessus
3. fetter, bond
4. of encircling walls

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον; τοῦ ἀμφῐβλήστρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphíblēstron	τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphiblḗstrō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tà amphíblēstra
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμφῐβλήστρου toû amphiblḗstrou	τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphiblḗstroin	τῶν ἀμφῐβλήστρων tôn amphiblḗstrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμφῐβλήστρῳ tôi amphiblḗstrōi	τοῖν ἀμφῐβλήστροιν toîn amphiblḗstroin	τοῖς ἀμφῐβλήστροις toîs amphiblḗstrois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμφῐ́βληστρον tò amphíblēstron	τὼ ἀμφῐβλήστρω tṑ amphiblḗstrō	τᾰ̀ ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ tà amphíblēstra
Vocative	ἀμφῐ́βληστρον amphíblēstron	ἀμφῐβλήστρω amphiblḗstrō	ἀμφῐ́βληστρᾰ amphíblēstra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιβληστρευτική (amphiblēstreutikḗ)
• ἀμφιβληστρεύω (amphiblēstreúō)
• ἀμφιβληστρικός (amphiblēstrikós)
• ἀμφιβληστροειδής (amphiblēstroeidḗs)

 

Further reading

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