ἀμφιβολία

See also: αμφιβολία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφιβολίη (amphibolíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.bo.lí.aː/ → /am.ɸi.βoˈli.a/ → /am.fi.voˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.bo.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.boˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸi.βoˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fi.voˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fi.voˈli.a/

Noun

ἀμφῐβολίᾱ • (amphibolíā) f (genitive ἀμφῐβολίᾱς); first declension

1. the state of being attacked on both sides

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ hē amphibolíā	τὼ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ tṑ amphibolíā	αἱ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́αι hai amphibolíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱς tês amphibolíās	τοῖν ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́αιν toîn amphibolíain	τῶν ἀ̆μφῐβολῐῶν tôn amphiboliôn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾳ têi amphibolíāi	τοῖν ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́αιν toîn amphibolíain	ταῖς ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́αις taîs amphibolíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱν tḕn amphibolíān	τὼ ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ tṑ amphibolíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱς tā̀s amphibolíās
Vocative	ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ amphibolíā	ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́ᾱ amphibolíā	ἀ̆μφῐβολῐ́αι amphibolíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αμφιβολία (amfivolía)
• Latin: amphibolia
  • → English: amphibolia
  • Old French: amphibolie
    • → English: amphiboly
  • → Polish: amfibolia

Further reading

• ἀμφιβολία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφιβολία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀμφιβολία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀμφιβολία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press