ἀμφίγυος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-) +‎ γυῖον (guîon) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.ɡy.os/ → /amˈɸi.ʝy.os/ → /amˈfi.ʝi.os/

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

Adjective

ἀμφίγῠος • (amphígŭos) m or f (neuter ἀμφίγῠον); second declension

1. pointed at each end, double-pointed
2. armed at all points, practiced in combat

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠος; ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠος ămphĭ́gŭos	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠον ămphĭ́gŭon		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠοι ămphĭ́gŭoi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠᾰ ămphĭ́gŭă
Genitive		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ου / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠοῖο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠόο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οο ămphĭgŭ́ou / ămphĭgŭoîo / ămphĭgŭ́oio / ămphĭgŭóo / ămphĭgŭ́oo	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ου / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠοῖο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠόο / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οο ămphĭgŭ́ou / ămphĭgŭoîo / ămphĭgŭ́oio / ămphĭgŭóo / ămphĭgŭ́oo		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιῐν ămphĭgŭ́oiĭn	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιῐν ămphĭgŭ́oiĭn		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ων ămphĭgŭ́ōn	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ων ămphĭgŭ́ōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ῳ ămphĭgŭ́ōi	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ῳ ămphĭgŭ́ōi		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιῐν ămphĭgŭ́oiĭn	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οιῐν ămphĭgŭ́oiĭn		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οισῐ / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οισῐν / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οις ămphĭgŭ́oisĭ(n) / ămphĭgŭ́ois	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οισῐ / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οισῐν / ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́οις ămphĭgŭ́oisĭ(n) / ămphĭgŭ́ois
Accusative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠον ămphĭ́gŭon	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠον ămphĭ́gŭon		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ους ămphĭgŭ́ous	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠᾰ ămphĭ́gŭă
Vocative		ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠε ămphĭ́gŭe	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠον ămphĭ́gŭon		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō	ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ω ămphĭgŭ́ō		ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠοι ămphĭ́gŭoi	ᾰ̓μφῐ́γῠᾰ ămphĭ́gŭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓μφῐγῠ́ως ămphĭgŭ́ōs			ᾰ̓μφῐγῠώτερος ămphĭgŭṓteros			ᾰ̓μφῐγῠώτᾰτος ămphĭgŭṓtătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀμφίγυος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀμφίγυος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφίγυος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀμφίγυος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀμφίγυος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀμφίγυος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press