ἀμφιτάπης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀμφίταπις (amphítapis), ἀμφίταπος (amphítapos)

Etymology

From ἀμφῐ- (amphi-, on both sides) +‎ τάπης (tápēs, “carpet”).

Noun

ἀμφῐτᾰ́πης • (amphitápēs) m (genitive ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητος); third declension

1. rug or carpet with pile on both sides

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πης; τοῦ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πης ho amphitápēs	τὼ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητε tṑ amphitápēte	οἱ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητες hoi amphitápētes
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητος toû amphitápētos	τοῖν ἀμφῐτᾰπήτοιν toîn amphitapḗtoin	τῶν ἀμφῐτᾰπήτων tôn amphitapḗtōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητῐ tôi amphitápēti	τοῖν ἀμφῐτᾰπήτοιν toîn amphitapḗtoin	τοῖς ἀμφῐτᾰ́πησῐ / ἀμφῐτᾰ́πησῐν toîs amphitápēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητᾰ tòn amphitápēta	τὼ ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητε tṑ amphitápēte	τοὺς ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητᾰς toùs amphitápētas
Vocative	ἀμφῐτᾰ́πης amphitápēs	ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητε amphitápēte	ἀμφῐτᾰ́πητες amphitápētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Further reading

• “ἀμφιτάπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμφιτάπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμφιτάπης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)