ἀμφίβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφιβάλλω (amphibállō, “to waver, to hesitate”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bo.los/ → /amˈɸi.βo.los/ → /amˈfi.vo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.bo.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰi.bo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈɸi.βo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈfi.vo.los/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος • (ămphĭ́bolos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον); second declension

1. (passive meaning) dubious, doubtful
2. (active meaning) wavering, hesitant, uncertain

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολος ămphĭ́bolos	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον ămphĭ́bolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι ămphĭ́boloi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ ămphĭ́bolă
Genitive		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου ămphĭbólou	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλου ămphĭbólou		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν ămphĭbóloin	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν ămphĭbóloin		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων ămphĭbólōn	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλων ămphĭbólōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ ămphĭbólōi	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλῳ ămphĭbólōi		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν ămphĭbóloin	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοιν ămphĭbóloin		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις ămphĭbólois	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλοις ămphĭbólois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον ămphĭ́bolon	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον ămphĭ́bolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλους ămphĭbólous	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ ămphĭ́bolă
Vocative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολε ămphĭ́bole	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολον ămphĭ́bolon		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō	ᾰ̓μφῐβόλω ămphĭbólō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολοι ămphĭ́boloi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́βολᾰ ămphĭ́bolă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μφῐβόλως ămphĭbólōs			ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτερος ămphĭbolṓteros			ᾰ̓μφῐβολώτᾰτος ămphĭbolṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀμφιβολέω (amphiboléō)
• ἀμφιβολίᾱ (amphibolíā)

Further reading

• “ἀμφίβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀμφίβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀμφίβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)