ἀμφιγυήεις
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The prefix is ἀμφι- (amphi-, “both”), but the root is less clear. Possibilities include:
- γυής (guḗs, “curved piece of wood on a plow”) (which works well morphophonologically but is semantically peculiar)
- γυῖον (guîon, “limb”) (which works well semantically but is morphophonologically unexpected)
- γυιός (guiós, “lame”) (which works well semantically but is morphophonologically unexpected; moreover, it is attested later than ἀμφιγυήεις (amphiguḗeis)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /am.pʰi.ɡy.ɛ̌ː.eːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /am.pʰi.ɡyˈe̝.is/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /am.ɸi.ʝyˈi.is/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /am.fi.ʝyˈi.is/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /am.fi.ʝiˈi.is/
Adjective
[edit]ἀμφῐγῠήεις • (amphiguḗeis) (attested only in the masculine singular nominative)
- lame on both sides(?); strong on both sides(?).[1] (epithet of Hephaestus; etymological meaning uncertain, see Etymology section above)
References
[edit]- ^ If "lame on both sides," then the meaning most logically refers to his feet/legs. If "strong on both sides," then the meaning most logically refers to his hands/arms, as Hephaestus was also characterized in ancient sources (eg. Iliad, book 1) as the master craftsman of the gods.
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀμφιγυήεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀμφιγυήεις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀμφιγυήεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀμφιγυήεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- The Iliad on Wikisource
- The Odyssey on Wikisource