Ἀμφίλοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) +‎ λόχος (lókhos, “ambush”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.pʰí.lo.kʰos/ → /amˈɸi.lo.xos/ → /amˈfi.lo.xos/

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

Proper noun

Ἀμφῐ́λοχος • (Amphĭ́lokhos) m (genitive Ἀμφῐλόχου); second declension

1. a male given name

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος; τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος ho Amphĭ́lokhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου toû Amphĭlókhou
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῐλόχῳ tôi Amphĭlókhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῐ́λοχον tòn Amphĭ́lokhon
Vocative	Ἀμφῐ́λοχε Amphĭ́lokhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ἀμφῐ́λοχος • (Amphĭ́lokhos) m (genitive Ἀμφῐλόχου); second declension

1. Any individual among the inhabitants of Amphilochia; an Amphilochian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος; τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀμφῐ́λοχος ho Amphĭ́lokhos	τὼ Ἀμφῐλόχω tṑ Amphĭlókhō	οἱ Ἀμφῐ́λοχοι hoi Amphĭ́lokhoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀμφῐλόχου toû Amphĭlókhou	τοῖν Ἀμφῐλόχοιν toîn Amphĭlókhoin	τῶν Ἀμφῐλόχων tôn Amphĭlókhōn
Dative	τῷ Ἀμφῐλόχῳ tôi Amphĭlókhōi	τοῖν Ἀμφῐλόχοιν toîn Amphĭlókhoin	τοῖς Ἀμφῐλόχοις toîs Amphĭlókhois
Accusative	τὸν Ἀμφῐ́λοχον tòn Amphĭ́lokhon	τὼ Ἀμφῐλόχω tṑ Amphĭlókhō	τοὺς Ἀμφῐλόχους toùs Amphĭlókhous
Vocative	Ἀμφῐ́λοχε Amphĭ́lokhe	Ἀμφῐλόχω Amphĭlókhō	Ἀμφῐ́λοχοι Amphĭ́lokhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀμφῐλοχῐ́ᾱ (Amphĭlokhĭ́ā)
• Ἀμφῐλοχῐκός (Amphĭlokhĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: Αμφίλοχος (Amfílochos)
• → Latin: Amphilochus
• → Translingual: Amphilochus

References

• “Ἀμφίλοχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀμφίλοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Ἀμφίλοχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001