ἀμφικέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφικέφαλλος (amphiképhallos), ἀμφικνέφαλλος (amphiknéphallos), ἀμφικνέφαλος (amphiknéphalos)

Etymology

From ἀμφι- (amphi-, on both sides) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.ké.pʰa.los/ → /am.ɸiˈce.ɸa.los/ → /am.fiˈce.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.pʰi.ké.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈke.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /am.ɸiˈce.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈce.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈce.fa.los/

Adjective

ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος • (amphĭképhălos) m or f (neuter ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον); second declension

1. two-headed
2. (of the femur) with two apophyses
3. (of a couch) having two places for the head

Declension

Second declension of ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος; ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλος amphĭképhălos	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphĭképhălon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλοι amphĭképhăloi	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphĭképhălă
Genitive		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λου amphĭkephắlou	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λου amphĭkephắlou		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphĭkephắloin	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphĭkephắloin		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λων amphĭkephắlōn	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λων amphĭkephắlōn
Dative		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λῳ amphĭkephắlōi	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λῳ amphĭkephắlōi		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphĭkephắloin	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοιν amphĭkephắloin		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοις amphĭkephắlois	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λοις amphĭkephắlois
Accusative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphĭképhălon	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphĭképhălon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λους amphĭkephắlous	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphĭképhălă
Vocative		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλε amphĭképhăle	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλον amphĭképhălon		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō	ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λω amphĭkephắlō		ἀμφῐκέφᾰλοι amphĭképhăloi	ἀμφῐκέφᾰλᾰ amphĭképhălă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀμφῐκεφᾰ́λως amphĭkephắlōs			ἀμφῐκεφᾰλώτερος amphĭkephălṓteros			ἀμφῐκεφᾰλώτᾰτος amphĭkephălṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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